Policies and practices for improving influenza immunization rates among healthcare workers

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 908-911

  Goldstein, Adam O ^a   Kincade, Jean E ^a   Gamble, George ^a   Bearman, Rachel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PATIENT CARE; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 9244240742     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502318     Document Type: Article

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