Update on immunizations for healthcare personnel in the United States

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 4869-4875

  Talbot, Thomas R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare personnel; Healthcare worker; Immunization; Mandatory; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LONG TERM CARE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MANDATORY PROGRAM; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; PATIENT SAFETY; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84906066048     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.10.090     Document Type: Article

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