Institutional requirements for influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel: Results from a nationally representative survey of acute care hospitals-United States, 2011

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1051-1059

  Miller, Brady L ^a   Ahmed, Faruque ^a   Lindley, Megan C ^a   Wortley, Pascale M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASK; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT REFUSAL; URBAN AREA;

CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80755172488     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir633     Document Type: Review

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