Seasonal influenza vaccination effectiveness and compliance among hospital health care workers

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 5-9

  Atamna, Zaher ^a   Chazan, Bibiana ^a,b   Nitzan, Orna ^a,b   Colodner, Raul ^a,b   Kfir, Hila ^a   Strauss, Merav ^a   Schwartz, Naama ^a   Markel, Arie ^a,b  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health care workers (HCW); Influenza; Influenza vaccination; Mandatory vaccination; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84956883599     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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