Importance of employee vaccination against influenza in preventing cases in long-term care facilities

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 990-997

  Wendelboe, Aaron M ^a,b   Avery, Catherine ^b   Andrade, Bernardo ^c   Baumbach, Joan ^b   Landen, Michael G ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONG-TERM CARE; NEW MEXICO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 80053147033     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661916     Document Type: Article

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