@Article{Mostafa2006,
journal="Archives of Medical Science",
issn="1734-1922",
volume="2",
number="1",
year="2006",
title="Short Communication Immunization coverage of health care workers against hepatitis B",
abstract="Introduction: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a serious risk for health care workers (HCWs). Vaccination of the group against HBV therefore is a central part of programs to prevent nosocomial infections in healthcare workers. An evaluation of the anti-HBs level in vaccinated persons is a necessary measurement to handle immunization coverage.   Material and methods: We evaluated the Anti-HBs level of 100 randomly selected HCWs in an Educational Hospital 6 months after implementing a vaccination program against HBV to handle the immunization coverage of HBV in the group. Results: 90 (90%) HCWs responded to the immunization program that 72 (72.0%) had anti-HBs titers in an equal range (>10 MIu/L), 18 (18%) were <10 MIU/L and 10 had negative anti-HBs.   Conclusions: Immunization coverage should be assessed to find out low-responded or non-responded healthcare workers to immunization. Some factors such as age, gender, race and storage conditions of vaccine may interfere with one\&#8217;s response to immunization.",
author="Mostafa, Naderi
and Faizi, Fakhraddin
and Tajic, Jamshid",
pages="55--57",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/Short-Communication-Immunization-coverage-of-health-care-workers-against-hepatitis-B,19,5704,1,1.html"
}