Hepatitis B Virus Vaccination Status and Anti Hepatitis B Surface Antibody Titer among the Health Care Workers of a Hemodialysis Unit

Autor:	Shailendra Shrestha, Pratap Roy
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	hepatitis b renal dialysis vaccination Medicine
Zdroj:	Journal of Nobel Medical College, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 23-27 (2020)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2091-2331 2091-234X
DOI:	10.3126/jonmc.v9i2.33354
Popis:	Background: Health care workers are in high risk of getting infected with hepatitis B virus. A large proportion of them do not receive a 3-dose series of hepatitis B vaccination and have anti hepatitis B surface antibody titer 10 mIU/ml. Remaining 11 participants (36.7%), with either partial (6) or no hepatitis B vaccination (5), had antibody titer of 10 mIU/ml. Conclusion: Our study shows that a large proportion of health care workers of hemodialysis unit were either partially or not vaccinated with hepatitis B vaccination and were having anti hepatitis B antibody titer of
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