A public health initiative to increase annual influenza immunization among hospital health care personnel: The San Diego Hospital Influenza Immunization Partnership

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 595-600

  Sawyer, Mark H ^a,c   Peddecord, K Michael ^a,b,c   Wang, Wendy ^a,c   Deguire, Michelle ^a,c   Miskewitch Dzulynsky, Michelle ^a,c   Vuong, David D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

ACIP recommendations; Declination; Employee mandates; Hospital interventions; Influenza overage rate for HCPs; Population based surveys; Public health hospital partnership

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LAW; PUBLIC HEALTH; TELECONSULTATION;

CALIFORNIA; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 84865723612     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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