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Influenza Vaccination Status of Healthcare Workers and the Extent of their Domestic Contact With Individuals at High Risk for Influenza-Related Complications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Adrian K.Y. Ong ,
Jun Srimanunthiphol  and
Richard I. Frankel
Adrian K.Y. Ong
Affiliation:
University of Hawaii Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, and the Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
Jun Srimanunthiphol
Affiliation:
University of Hawaii Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, and the Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
Richard I. Frankel*
Affiliation:
University of Hawaii Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, and the Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
*
University of Hawaii Internal Medicine Residency Program, 1356 Lusitana St, 7th Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813
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Abstract

Many healthcare workers have frequent household contact with persons at high risk for influenza-related complications. Educating healthcare workers about the risk of domestic transmission of influenza may improve their acceptance of influenza vaccination. Concerns regarding vaccine efficacy and safety also need to be addressed.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 11 , November 2000 , pp. 735 - 737
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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