Flu vaccination prevents nosocomial outbreaks

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 08 Nov 2011 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 343, pages d7203-d7203 (issn: 0959-8138, eissn: 1468-5833,

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Authors: Alan J, Card;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.d7203

pmid: 22077080

Flu vaccination prevents nosocomial outbreaks

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Abstract

Patel will refuse to be vaccinated against flu because being asked to be vaccinated to protect his patients infringes his personal liberty.1 Does he feel the same way about handwashing? After all, they are his hands, so his liberty is at stake, and both techniques serve a similar function—to reduce the risk …

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University of Cambridge
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Keywords

Cross Infection, Attitude of Health Personnel, Influenza Vaccines, Physicians, Influenza, Human, Humans, Choice Behavior, Disease Outbreaks

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