Reliability and validity of a standardized measure of influenza vaccination coverage among healthcare personnel

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 335-345

  Libby, Tanya E ^a   Lindley, Megan C ^a   Lorick, Suchita A ^a   Maccannell, Taranisia ^b   Lee, Soo Jeong ^c   Smith, Carmela ^d   Geevarughese, Anita ^e   Makvandi, Monear ^f   Nace, David A ^g   Ahmed, Faruque ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^f NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DELPHI STUDY; FACE VALIDITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LIKERT SCALE; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84874862290     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669859     Document Type: Article

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