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Intervention to Increase Influenza Vaccination Rates Among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marta H. Lopes*
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Ana M. C. Sartori
Affiliation:
Clinic of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Melissa Mascheretti
Affiliation:
Clinic of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Tania S. S. Chaves
Affiliation:
Clinic of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Rosa M. M. Andreoli
Affiliation:
Clinic of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Mariusa Basso
Affiliation:
Infection Control Committee, Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Antonio A. Barone
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
*
Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine. Av. Dr. Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar, 470; IMT-I, sala 4, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, CEP 05403 900 (mahlopes@usp.br)
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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