Improving influenza vaccination of healthcare workers by means of quality improvement tools

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 616-618

  Cadena, Jose ^a,b   Prigmore, Teresa ^c   Bowling, Jason ^a,b   Ayala, Beth Ann ^c   Kirkman, Leni ^c   Parekh, Amruta ^b   Scepanski, Theresa ^c   Patterson, Jan E ^a,b  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; VACCINATION;

EID: 79957965934     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660198     Document Type: Article

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