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Article DOI: 10.1086/501716
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Hospital‐Based Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination: Sutton’s Law Applied to Prevention • 
David S. Fedson , MD, Peter Houck , MD and Dale Bratzler , DO, MPH
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology , Vol. 21, No. 11 (November 2000), pp. 692-699
Article DOI: 10.1086/501716
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/501716
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Hospital‐Based Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination: Sutton’s Law Applied to Prevention

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Pneumonia and influenza continue to be two of the major causes of hospitalization and death throughout the world. It is fitting that this issue of the Journal is devoted to addressing these important topics. Many of these cases are caused by influenza virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae and could be prevented if the delivery of influenza and pneumococcal vaccines were more effectively targeted to those individuals who are otherwise destined to be hospitalized or to die due to one of these diseases. That persons with vaccine‐preventable influenza and pneumococcal infections are still admitted to our hospitals is a sobering reminder that there still is important work to do.

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  • Hospital‐Based Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination: Sutton’s Law Applied to Prevention
  • David S. Fedson , MD, Peter Houck , MD and Dale Bratzler , DO, MPH
  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • Vol. 21, No. 11 (November 2000) (pp. 692-699)

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David S. Fedson , MD; Peter Houck , MD; Dale Bratzler , DO, MPH

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From Aventis Pasteur MSD (Dr. Fedson), Lyon, France; Health Care Financing Administration (Dr. Houck), Seattle, Washington; Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality (Dr. Bratzler), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Address reprint requests to David S. Fedson, MD, Aventis Pasteur MSD, 8, rue Jonas Salk, 69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France.The authors thank Astutie Michel for assistance in preparing the manuscript.00‐ED‐172. Fedson DS, Houck P, Bratzler D. Hospital‐based influenza and pneumococcal vaccination: Sutton’s Law applied to prevention. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2000;21:692‐699.

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