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Healthcare worker influenza vaccine waivers at an academic health system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2019

Abigail R. Sharpe ,
Megan LeClair-Netzel ,
Mallory Wagner ,
Nicole Kalscheur ,
Kate J. Berlin ,
Freddy Caldera  and
Mary S. Hayney Open the ORCID record for Mary S. Hayney [Opens in a new window]
Abigail R. Sharpe
Affiliation:
School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Megan LeClair-Netzel
Affiliation:
Employee Health Services, UW Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Mallory Wagner
Affiliation:
Human Resources, UW Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Nicole Kalscheur
Affiliation:
Employee Health Services, UW Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Kate J. Berlin
Affiliation:
School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Freddy Caldera
Affiliation:
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Mary S. Hayney*
Affiliation:
School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
*
Author for correspondence: Mary S. Hayney, PharmD, MPH, University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705. Email: mary.hayney@wisc.edu
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 7 , July 2019 , pp. 826 - 828
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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