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Sustaining High Influenza Vaccination Compliance with a Mandatory Masking Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Lisa M. Esolen*
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania Department of Health Services, Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania
Kimberly L. Kilheeney
Affiliation:
Department of Health Services, Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania
*
100 North Academy Avenue, Danville, PA 17822 ([email protected])
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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