Impact of hospital policies on health care workers' influenza vaccination rates

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 697-701

  Nowalk, Mary Patricia ^a   Lin, Chyongchiou Jeng ^a,b   Raymund, Mahlon ^a   Bialor, Jamie ^b   Zimmerman, Richard K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital employees; Influenza vaccine; Mandated vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LAW; PATIENT CARE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; UNITED STATES;

HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MANDATED VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84880916495     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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