Influenza vaccination rates in Hessian hospitals;Influenzaimpfquoten in hessischen Krankenhäusern

Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 932-936

  Wicker, S ^a   Gottschalk, R ^b   Wolff, U ^c   Krause, G ^d   Rabenau, H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Amt fur Gesundheit   (Germany)

^c Hessische Krankenhausgesellschaft   (Germany)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health care personnel; Hospitals; Influenza; Vaccination rate

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

CROSS INFECTION; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

EID: 84865760939     PISSN: 14369990     EISSN: 14371588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00103-012-1510-7     Document Type: Article

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