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Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for Healthcare Personnel Vaccination: A Necessary Foundation for the Essential Work That Remains to Build Successful Programs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Abigail Shefer ,
Raymond Strikas  and
Carolyn B. Bridges
Abigail Shefer*
Affiliation:
Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Raymond Strikas
Affiliation:
Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Carolyn B. Bridges
Affiliation:
Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
NCIRD/CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop A-19, Adanta, GA 30333 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , January 2012 , pp. 71 - 74
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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