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Immunization
New findings from Z.H. Abramson and co-authors in the area of immunization published
July 9th, 2008
New research, 'Influenza vaccination among primary healthcare workers,' is the subject of a report. According to recent research from Jerusalem, Israel, "Influenza vaccination of health care workers (HCW) is widely recommended, but immunization rates are low. In order to assess performance among primary HCW and identify barriers, we conducted a survey among the staff of 27 primary care community clinics in Jerusalem." "The low rate of vaccination (30.2%) was in contrast with the large proportion of HCW who considered it desirable to immunize primary health clinic staff (72.1%). Physicians reported having been immunized significantly more (p=0.008) than the rest of the...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-07-09)
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