An effective strategy for influenza vaccination of healthcare workers in Australia: Experience at a large health service without a mandatory policy

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Heinrich Morrison, Kristina ^a   McLellan, Sue ^a   McGinnes, Ursula ^b   Carroll, Brendan ^b   Watson, Kerrie ^a   Bass, Pauline ^a   Worth, Leon J ^a   Cheng, Allen C ^a,c  

^a Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Unit Alfred Health   (Australia)

^b Institute of Public Affairs   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Healthcare worker; Influenza; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FORMATIVE RESEARCH; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LOW RISK POPULATION; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL MARKETING; STAFF DATABASE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VACCINATION MAKES STAFF UNWELL; VACCINE INEFFECTIVENESS; WORK EXPERIENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84923918740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0765-7     Document Type: Article

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