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Influenza Vaccination Rates among Healthcare Workers in the Department of Veterans Affairs Community Living Centers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Linda Tsan*
Affiliation:
Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, Washington, DC
Robert Langberg
Affiliation:
Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, Washington, DC
Cynthia Gibert
Affiliation:
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC
Chester Davis
Affiliation:
Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, Washington, DC
Christa Hojlo
Affiliation:
Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, Washington, DC
John Pierce
Affiliation:
Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, Washington, DC
Yancy Phillips
Affiliation:
Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, Washington, DC
Robert Gaynes
Affiliation:
Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Ona Montgomery
Affiliation:
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Amarillo, Texas
Linda Danko
Affiliation:
Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, Washington, DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Gary Roselle
Affiliation:
Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, Washington, DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
*
Office of Medical Inspector (10MI), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, ([email protected])

Abstract

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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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