TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving influenza vaccination of healthcare workers by means of quality improvement tools
AU - Cadena, Jose
AU - Prigmore, Teresa
AU - Bowling, Jason
AU - Ayala, Beth Ann
AU - Kirkman, Leni
AU - Parekh, Amruta
AU - Scepanski, Theresa
AU - Patterson, Jan E.
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - For a healthcare worker seasonal influenza vaccination quality improvement project, interventions included support of leadership, distribution of vaccine kits, grand rounds, an influenza website, a screensaver, e-mails, phone messages, and audit feedback. Vaccination rates increased from 58.8% to 76.6% (P!.01). Quality improvement increased the voluntary vaccination rate but did not achieve a rate more than 80%.
AB - For a healthcare worker seasonal influenza vaccination quality improvement project, interventions included support of leadership, distribution of vaccine kits, grand rounds, an influenza website, a screensaver, e-mails, phone messages, and audit feedback. Vaccination rates increased from 58.8% to 76.6% (P!.01). Quality improvement increased the voluntary vaccination rate but did not achieve a rate more than 80%.
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U2 - 10.1086/660198
DO - 10.1086/660198
M3 - Article
C2 - 21558776
AN - SCOPUS:79957965934
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 32
SP - 616
EP - 618
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
IS - 6
ER -