TY - JOUR T1 - Vaccination of health care workers working in geriatric long term care hospitals reduced patient mortality JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 18 LP - 18 DO - 10.1136/ebn.1.1.18 VL - 1 IS - 1 A2 - , Y1 - 1998/01/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/1/1/18.abstract N2 - Potter J, Stott Dj, Roberts Ma , Et AL. Influenza vaccination of health care workers in long-term-care hospitals reduces the mortality of elderly patients. J Infect Dis 1997 Jan; 175 : 1 –6. OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science 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.Randomised controlled trial with 5 month follow up.12 geriatric medical long term care hospitals in Glasgow, Scotland.1059 patients (mean age 77 y, 71% women) who were residents of a geriatric medical hospital that provided long term care.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 … ER -