Vaccination policies for health-care workers in acute health-care facilities in Europe

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 51, 2011, Pages 9557-9562

  Maltezou, Helena C ^a   Wicker, Sabine ^b   Borg, Michael ^c   Heininger, Ulrich ^d   Puro, Vincenzo ^e   Theodoridou, Maria ^f   Poland, Gregory A ^g  

^a Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Europe; Health care workers; Policies; Prevention; Vaccination; Vaccine preventable diseases

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; DIPHTHERIA; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MEASLES; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MUMPS; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT SAFETY; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUBELLA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SWITZERLAND; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EUROPE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFECTION CONTROL; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 81955167423     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.09.076     Document Type: Article

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