Influenza Vaccination among Healthcare Workers: Ten-Year Experience of a Large Healthcare Organization
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Influenza vaccination among healthcare workers: ten-year experience of a large healthcare organization.
OBJECTIVE To describe the results of different measures implemented to improve adherence to the healthcare worker (HCW) influenza immunization program at BJC HealthCare during the period from 1997 through 2007. DESIGN Descriptive retrospective study. SETTING BJC HealthCare, a 13-hospital nonprofit healthcare organization in the Midwest. METHODS We reviewed and analyzed HCW influenza vacci...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1086/650449