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Using Epidemiology to Target Staff Influenza Vaccination Programs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Margaret L. Russell  and
Cheryl A. Ferguson
Margaret L. Russell*
Affiliation:
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Calgary, Alberta, and Health Authority 5, Three Hills, Alberta, Canada
Cheryl A. Ferguson
Affiliation:
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Calgary, Alberta, and Health Authority 5, Three Hills, Alberta, Canada
*
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
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Abstract

We examined staff influenza vaccination rates in rural hospitals that had both acute- and long-term-care (LTC) units. After controlling for hospital, acute-care staff were less likely to be vaccinated than LTC staff. There was no consistent association between type of worker and vaccination after controlling for both hospital and type of care.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 8 , August 2001 , pp. 525 - 526
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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