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HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS
Volume 10, Issue 9, Pages 2627-2628Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/hv.28154
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influenza; vaccination; immunization; healthcare workers; healthcare personnel; mandatory
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The thought is terrifying-you are admitted to the hospital and you die of a nosocomial infection. What sounds like a horror scenario, happens every day in hospitals all over the world. Nosocomial influenza is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality among patients with underlying diseases (especially immunocompromised patients), the elderly, and neonates. Although vaccination of healthcare personnel (HCP) is the main measure for preventing nosocomial influenza and is consistently recommended by public-health authorities, vaccine uptake among HCP remains low.(1)
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