Hospital emergency preparedness: Push-POD operation and pharmacists as immunizers

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-85

  Veltri, Keith T ^a   Yaghdjian, Vicken ^b   Morgan Joseph, Toshiba ^b   Prlesi, Lendita ^b   Rudnick, Ellen ^b  

^a TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Emergency preparedness; Immunizations; Medication distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFLUENZA; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; TEAMWORK; TERRORISM; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISASTER PLANNING; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; VACCINE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; BIOTERRORISM; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MASS VACCINATION; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; VACCINES;

EID: 84861213724     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2012.11191     Document Type: Article

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