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Treatment
Vaccination of health care workers working in geriatric long term care hospitals reduced patient mortality
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Objective
To determine whether vaccination of health care workers (HCWs) employed in geriatric medical long term care hospitals and vaccination of long term care patients reduces incidence of influenza and death in patients.
Design
Randomised controlled trial with 5 month follow up.
Setting
12 geriatric medical long term care hospitals in Glasgow, Scotland.
Patients
1059 patients (mean age 77 y, 71% women) who were residents of a geriatric medical hospital that provided long term care.
Intervention
Randomisation was done by hospital. 6 hospitals were allocated to a vaccination programme where HCWs were vaccinated, and 6 hospitals were allocated to a no …