Mandatory influenza vaccination of health care workers: A first-year success implementation by a community health care system

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 771-773

  Huynh, Sheila ^a   Poduska, Paul ^a   Mallozzi, Terri ^a   Culler, Frances ^a  

^a Poudre Valley Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care facility; Health care workers influenza vaccination; Influenza vaccine; Mandatory influenza vaccination

Indexed keywords

INACTIVATED VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MANDATORY PROGRAM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLORADO; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84867088054     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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