Rehana Akhter, Yasmin Kazi, Khalid Mehmood Khan, Afroze Ramzan.
Status of Hepatitis B vaccination amongst health care workers and their knowledge about prevention strategies.
J Surg Pak Jan ;11(2):62-6.

Objective: To assess the status Of Hepatitis B Vaccination Amongst Health Care Workers (HCW) and Their Knowledge About Prevention Strategies Design: A questionnaire based report. Place and Duration: of Study: National Institute of Child Health, Karachi from January 2006 to April 2006. Patient and Methods: Three hundred and eighteen health care workers (age range 20-59 years) filled the questionnaire. Amongst them 186 (58.49%) were male. The study showed that 159 (50%) were completely vaccinated, 59 (18.55%) partially vaccinated and 100 (31.44%) were unvaccinated. The study also showed that among vaccinated HCW, 21 (13.20%) had their antibody titer done. Only 25 (15.72%) had booster dose. Needle stick injury was reported by 174 (54.71%) health care workers. Out of this only 56.60% had complete vaccination. Only 181 (56.91%) health care workers wear gloves while handling blood and blood products. Conclusion: Awareness among health care workers about getting them vaccinated is present but it did not materialize in actuality. The reasons mentioned are not forthcoming with, when one calculates the life long complications that may result from not getting vaccinated. The careless attitude in their clinical practice expose them to the risk of getting infected with contaminated materials.

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