Health-care worker vaccination for influenza: Strategies and controversies

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 627-632

  Derber, Catherine J ^a   Shankaran, Shivanjali ^b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care worker vaccination; Influenza vaccination; Mandatory vaccination; Nosocomial influenza

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MASK; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SOCIAL MEDIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84870564430     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: 15343146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-012-0291-3     Document Type: Article

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