Effects of a multi-faceted program to increase influenza vaccine coverage among health care workers:A hospital-based cluster randomized controlled trial

Background: Immunizing health care workers (HCWs) against influenza has proven to protect their patients. Despite recommentations of the World Health Organization and the Dutch Health Council, influenza vaccine uptake among hospital HCWs remains low in the Netherlands Objectives: To assess the effects of implementing a hospital- based multi-faceted influenza immunization program on vaccine coverage in health care workers (HCW) and on patient morbidity. Methods: We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial among all eight University Medical Centers (UMC) of The Netherlands during the infl... Mehr ...

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Verfasser: Riphagen-Dalhuisen, Josien
Burgerhof, Hans
Frijstein, Gerard
Van Der Geest-Blankert, Nannet
Danhof- Pont, Marita
De Jager, Herbert
Bos, Nita
Smeets, Ed
De Vries, Marjan
Gallee, Pieter
Hak, Eelko
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Reihe/Periodikum: Riphagen-Dalhuisen , J , Burgerhof , H , Frijstein , G , Van Der Geest-Blankert , N , Danhof- Pont , M , De Jager , H , Bos , N , Smeets , E , De Vries , M , Gallee , P & Hak , E 2012 , ' Effects of a multi-faceted program to increase influenza vaccine coverage among health care workers : A hospital-based cluster randomized controlled trial ' , Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety , vol. 21 , no. s3 , pp. 360 . https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.3324 ; ISSN:1053-8569
Schlagwörter: influenza vaccine / vaccine / human / health care personnel / pharmacoepidemiology / hospital / randomized controlled trial / risk management / influenza / patient / morbidity / epidemic / hospital personnel / pandemic / pneumonia / absenteeism / Netherlands / internal medicine / pediatrics / season / university hospital / health / preventive health service / influenza vaccination / vaccination / world health organization
Sprache: Englisch
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