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Use of a comprehensive program to review religious and personal seasonal influenza vaccination exemption requests by healthcare personnel.

Benjamin C BooneRochelle T JohnsonLori A RolandoThomas R Talbot
Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)
These results demonstrate how detailed the personal or religious convictions behind vaccine avoidance can be among HCP and how vaccine avoidance stems from much more than simple misinformation regarding vaccination. The intersection between misinformation and personal or religious beliefs provides a unique opportunity to address HCP opinions toward vaccination in an exemption and appeals process like the one described here.
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