Should influenza vaccination be mandatory for healthcare workers?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Behrman, Amy ^a   Offley, Will ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

FOOD WASHING; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OCULORESPIRATORY SYNDROME; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYNDROME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS;

EID: 84888245231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f6705     Document Type: Note

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