A Cross-sectional Study on Hepatitis B Vaccination Status and Post-exposure Prophylaxis Practices Among Health Care Workers in Teaching Hospitals of Mangalore | Zendy

H. N. Harsha Kumar | Zendy; Rahul P. Nambiar | Zendy; Sarbjit Mohapatra | Zendy; Aditi Khanna | Zendy; Reshma Praveen | Zendy; D. Sai Bhawana | Zendy

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A Cross-sectional Study on Hepatitis B Vaccination Status and Post-exposure Prophylaxis Practices Among Health Care Workers in Teaching Hospitals of Mangalore

Author(s) -

H. N. Harsha Kumar,

Rahul P. Nambiar,

Sarbjit Mohapatra,

Aditi Khanna,

Reshma Praveen,

D. Sai Bhawana

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

annals of global health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602

H-Index - 66

ISSN - 2214-9996

DOI - 10.1016/j.aogh.2015.08.015

Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , family medicine , vaccination , environmental health , hepatitis b , post exposure prophylaxis , health care , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , political science , pathology , law

Health care workers (HCWs) are at high risk for acquiring hepatitis B virus infection because of needle stick injury (NSI) and occupational exposures to potentially infectious bodily fluids. Hepatitis B vaccination confers protection against the infection. Very little information is available in India about current vaccination status and postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) practices among HCWs.

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