Rate of influenza vaccination among medical staff working at a university hospital: Current status and strategies for adequate improvement;Die Influenza-Impfrate bei Mitarbeitern eines Universitätsklinikums: Status Quo und geeignete Verbesserungsstrategien

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 136, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 1299-1304

  Roggendorf, H ^a,b   Sprave, T ^a   Hertel, S ^a   Morscheck, F ^a   Roggendorf, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Gesundheitsamt Essen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

improvement strategy; influenza; questionnaire survey; university hospital; vaccination rate

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING CARE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASS VACCINATION; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958274332     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: 14394413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1280550     Document Type: Article

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