Overall Healthcare Practitioner Vaccination Rates Did Not Improve After Intervention
January 27, 2012
A San Diego influenza immunization initiative did not increase overall vaccination rates of healthcare practitioners, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Researchers studied a public health intervention to increase influenza immunization among healthcare practitioners. The intervention occurred in San Diego from 2005 to 2008.
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