Immunizing health care workers against influenza: A glimpse into the challenges with voluntary programs and considerations for mandatory policies

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1017-1023

  Quach, Susan ^a   Pereira, Jennifer A ^a   Kwong, Jeffrey C ^a,b,c,d,e   Quan, Sherman ^a,e   Crowe, Lois ^f   Guay, Maryse ^g,h,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 Medicine and Community Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

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

ⁱ Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux Montérégie Centre   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Health care personnel; Influenza vaccination; Vaccine coverage

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; VACCINE COVERAGE;

CANADA; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; VACCINATION; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 84887022035     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.05.016     Document Type: Article

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