Immunization of health-care providers: Necessity and public health policies

Healthcare (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Maltezou, Helena C ^a   Poland, Gregory A ^b  

^a Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care associated; Health care providers; Health care workers; Immunization; Mandatory; Nosocomial; Occupational risk; Outbreak; Policies; Vaccination; Vaccine preventable diseases

Indexed keywords

EID: 85071836344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22279032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare4030047     Document Type: Review

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