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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  and
Kimberly L. Kilheeney
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 (lmesolen@geisinger.edu)
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , May 2014 , pp. 603 - 604
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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