Reflections on the influenza vaccination of healthcare workers

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 51, 2010, Pages 8061-8064

  McLennan, Stuart ^a   Wicker, Sabine ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Declination forms; Healthcare workers; Influenza vaccination; Mandatory vaccination; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; SWINE INFLUENZA VACCINE;

GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HERD IMMUNITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INJECTION SITE SWELLING; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWINE INFLUENZA; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; VACCINATION;

EID: 78649675871     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.10.019     Document Type: Review

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