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"Protect Your Patients. Protect Yourself." Toolkit


Description

This toolkit features a variety of helpful resource materials that infection control specialists can use to encourage health care institutions to implement or expand their health care worker immunization programs. Materials in this kit include sample communications tools designed to help institutions reach health care personnel with information about the importance of annual influenza immunization and promote in-house influenza immunization programs sponsored by employers.

The following tools are included:
  • Presentation to management
  • Best practice models
  • Influenza immunization program checklist
  • Sample employee education materials
  • Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology position statement on influenza vaccination
  • Template influenza vaccination policy

Developer

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology

Funding Sources

Aventis Pasteur


QualityTool Topic

Prevention and wellness; Quality improvement strategies
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Last updated: March 14, 2012.