Health care worker influenza immunization rates: The missing pieces of the puzzle

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 685-690

  Quach, Susan ^a   Pereira, Jennifer A ^a   Heidebrecht, Christine L ^a   Kwong, Jeffrey C ^a,b,c,d   Guay, Maryse ^e,f,g   Crowe, Lois ^h   Quan, Sherman ^a,i   Bettinger, Julie A ^j  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d Department of Family and Community Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

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

^g Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux Montérégie Centre   (Canada)

^h BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Acute care; Influenza immunization rate measurement; Influenza vaccine; Long term care; Reporting requirements

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TELECONSULTATION;

ACUTE CARE; INFLUENZA IMMUNIZATION RATE MEASUREMENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LONG-TERM CARE; REPORTING REQUIREMENTS;

CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; TELEPHONE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84880920034     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.09.022     Document Type: Article

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