Review: Interventions to increase influenza vaccination among healthcare workers in hospitals

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 604-621

  Hollmeyer, Helge ^a   Hayden, Frederick ^b   Mounts, Anthony ^a   Buchholz, Udo ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health personnel; Influenza vaccine; Vaccination rates

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84879091903     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12002     Document Type: Article

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