Hepatitis B vaccination status of health care workers and their antiHBs titres - A cross sectional study

Back ground: The risk from occupational exposure to HBV infection is 2-4 times higher in HCW’s. A protective vaccine with a reported efficacy of 95% is available. Yet many HCW’s in developing countries remain non vaccinated, incompletely vaccinated or if vaccinated unaware of their post vaccination...

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Main Authors: Sarwat Fatima, Ajaz Hussain, Ayesha Anjum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Al Ameen Medical College 2014-07-01
Series:Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://ajms.alameenmedical.org/ArticlePDFs/9%20AJMS%20V7.N3.2014%20p%20217-223.pdf