Preparedness of elderly long-term care facilities in hse east for influenza outbreaks

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  O'Connor L ^a   Boland, M ^b   Murphy, H ^a  

^a DR STEEVENS HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DISEASE CONTROL; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPITE CARE; STAFF NURSE; STAFF TRAINING; VERY ELDERLY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME FOR THE AGED; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; IRELAND; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; IRELAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION;

EID: 84930696598     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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