Results of a national survey of infectious diseases specialists regarding influenza vaccination programs for healthcare workers

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1063-1065

  Polgreen, Philip M ^a,b   Septimus, Edward ^c,e   Talbot, Thomas R ^d   Beekmann, Susan E ^a   Helms, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; FACE MASK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALIZATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 77957873823     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656382     Document Type: Article

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