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. 2012:5:719-24.
doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S33362. Epub 2012 Aug 23.

Factors associated with staff and physician influenza immunization at a children's hospital in Ontario, Canada

Raywat Deonandan  1 , Ghada Al-Sulaiti, Asha Gajaria, Kathryn N Suh
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Factors associated with staff and physician influenza immunization at a children's hospital in Ontario, Canada

Raywat Deonandan et al. Int J Gen Med. 2012.

Abstract

In 2005, employees and physicians of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario were surveyed about their experiences with and receipt of the 2003-2004 influenza vaccination. With a 29% response rate, 91% of respondents stated that they had received the 2003-2004 vaccine, and physicians were the most likely to have done so (97.2%). Using logistic regression, the only factor significantly predictive of whether an employee or physician received the vaccine was whether they had awareness of a previous formal influenza immunization campaign.

Keywords: influenza vaccination; pediatric hospital; staff.

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