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I Looijmans-van den Akker1, J J M van Delden, Th J M Verheij, M A B van der Sande, G A van Essen, J Riphagen-Dalhuisen, M E Hulscher, E Hak.
Abstract
Despite the recommendation of the Dutch association of nursing home physicians (NVVA) to be immunized against influenza, vaccine uptake among HCWs in nursing homes remains unacceptably low. Therefore we conducted a cluster randomised controlled trial among 33 Dutch nursing homes to assess the effects of a systematically developed multi-faceted intervention program on influenza vaccine uptake among HCWs. The intervention program resulted in a significantly higher, though moderate, influenza vaccine uptake among HCWs in nursing homes. To take full advantage of this measure, either the program should be adjusted and implemented over a longer time period or mandatory influenza vaccination should be considered. Copyright 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Mesh：
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Year: 2010 PMID： 20580740 DOI： 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.05.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vaccine ISSN： 0264-410X Impact factor: 3.641