This is an interesting twist on safety efforts. In a described patient safety effort, The Joint Commission is sponsoring a contest for employee vaccination percentages. The final line is this: Funding and other editorial support for the Flu Vaccination Challenge has been provided by GlaxoSmithKline.
Should a vaccination contest be funded by :the makers of vaccines?
http://www.gsk.com/products/vaccines/index.htm
This highlights a potential determent to patient safety. We need to continually focus on evidence based information and scholarly information and not information that is really just cleverly disguised advertising.
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