A new approach to improving healthcare personnel influenza immunization programs: A randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Chambers, Larry W ^a,b,c,d,e   Crowe, Lois ^a,f   Lam, Po Po ^g   MacDougall, Donna ^h,i   McNeil, Shelly ^i,j   Roth, Virginia ^k   Suh, Kathryn ^k   Dalzell, Catherine ^a   Baker, Donna ^a   Ramsay, Hilary ^a   DeCoutere, Sarah ⁱ   Hall, Heather L ^a   McCarthy, Anne E ^a,f,k  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d York University   (Canada)

^e Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ Canadian Center for Vaccinology Dalhousie University Halifax   (Canada)

^j DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MANAGER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WORKSHOP; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84924935809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118368     Document Type: Article

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