Measuring influenza immunization coverage among health care workers in acute care hospitals and continuing care organizations in Canada

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 340-344

  Quach, Susan ^a   Pereira, Jennifer A ^a   Hamid, Jemila S ^b   Crowe, Lois ^c   Heidebrecht, Christine L ^a   Kwong, Jeffrey C ^a,d,e,f   Guay, Maryse ^g,h,i   Crowcroft, Natasha S ^a,d   McGeer, Allison ^d,j   Chambers, Larry W ^b,c   Quan, Sherman D ^a,k   Bettinger, Julie A ^l  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^h INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

ⁱ Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^j MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Flu; Health care personnel; Vaccination rate; Vaccinations

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANADA; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84875498324     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.04.333     Document Type: Article

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