Revised SHEA position paper: Influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 987-995

  Talbot, Thomas R ^a   Babcock, Hilary ^c   Caplan, Arthur L ^d   Cotton, Deborah ^e,f   Maragakis, Lisa L ^g   Poland, Gregory A ^h   Septimus, Edward J ^b,i   Tapper, Michael L ^j,k   Weber, David J ^l  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Mayo Clinic   (United States)

ⁱ TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^j LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

EMPLOYMENT; FACE MASK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT SAFETY; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; VACCINATION;

EID: 77957875111     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656558     Document Type: Review

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