Carrots and Sticks: Achieving High Healthcare Personnel Influenza Vaccination Rates without a Mandate

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 717-724

  Drees, Marci ^a,b   Wroten, Kathleen ^a   Smedley, Mary ^a   Mase, Tabe ^a   Schwartz, J Sanford ^c  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CARROT; CASE REPORT; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MANAGER; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PEER PRESSURE; SEASON; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACCINATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84990308978     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.47     Document Type: Article

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