Virginia Mason reports on five years of mandatory flu shots
Infection Control Weekly Monitor, August 11, 2010
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Widely known as the first healthcare facility to implement a mandatory influenza vaccine policy, Seattle’s Virginia Mason Medical Center has published a report in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology on the success of the program and the steps and obstacles involved.
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