Influenza vaccination in healthcare workers: Should it be mandatory?

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sullivan, Paula L ^a  

^a WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to vaccination; Communicable disease; Influenza; Influenza transmission by healthcare personnel; Influenza vaccine; Institutional vaccination programs; Mandatory vaccination; Patient safety; Voluntary vaccination

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957977654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10913734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol15No01Man07     Document Type: Article

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