Mandatory influenza vaccination programs for health care personnel in NACHRI-associated children's hospitals vs. non-children's hospitals

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 731-735

  Danziger, Phoebe ^a   Davis, Matthew M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee; H1N1; Health care personnel; Health care workers; Hospital; Influenza; Mandatory vaccination; Seasonal; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MANDATORY PROGRAM; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84863677528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.19613     Document Type: Article

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