Influenza Vaccination of Health Care Workers in Long-Term-Care Hospitals Reduces the Mortality of Elderly Patients

Potter, J.; J. Stott, David; Roberts, Margaret; Elder, Alexander; O’Donnell, Barbara; Knight, Patti; F. Carman, William

doi:10.1093/infdis/175.1.1

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Influenza Vaccination of Health Care Workers in Long-Term-Care Hospitals Reduces the Mortality of Elderly Patients

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases • Jan 1, 1997

Authors:

J. Potter

David J. Stott

Margaret Roberts

Abstract

Vaccination of health care workers (HCWs) is recommended as a strategy for preventing influenza in elderly patients in long-term care. However, there have been no controlled studies to show whether this approach is effective. During the winter of 1994-1995, 1059 patients in 12 geriatric medical long...

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Medicine

Vaccination

Confidence interval

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