Influenza vaccination for healthcare workers: is it really as effective as we claim?

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Stewart Siu-Wa Chan. Vaccine. 2008.

. 2008 Jun 19;26(26):3189.

doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.03.050. Epub 2008 Apr 9.

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High quality evidence from vaccine field studies is needed to recommend influenza vaccination of hospital staff in the acute care setting.
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Nosocomial influenza: need to vaccinate health-care workers.
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Attitude of Dutch hospital personnel towards influenza vaccination.
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Influenza vaccination acceptance among health-care workers: a nationwide survey.
Maltezou HC, Maragos A, Katerelos P, Paisi A, Karageorgou K, Papadimitriou T, Pierroutsakos IN. Maltezou HC, et al. Vaccine. 2008 Mar 10;26(11):1408-10. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.01.049. Epub 2008 Feb 13. Vaccine. 2008. PMID: 18313179