Influenza vaccination rates and beliefs about vaccination among nursing home employees

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 100-106

  Daugherty, Jill D ^a   Blake, Sarah C ^a   Grosholz, Jessica M ^a   Omer, Saad B ^a   Polivka West, Lumarie ^b   Howard, David H ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida Health Care Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Influenza; Long term care facilities; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; REGISTERED NURSE; UNITED STATES; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; VACCINATION;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NURSING HOMES; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84921747734     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.08.021     Document Type: Article

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