Hepatitis B in healthcare workers: transmission events and guidance for management. World J Hepatol 2015;7(3):488-97.Lewis JD, Enfield KB, Sifri CD (2015) Hepatitis B in healthcare workers: Transmission events and guidance for management. World J Hepatol 7: 488- 497.Lewis JD, Enfield KB...
Healthcare workers whose response to the initial hepatitis B vaccination is moderate might be vulnerable to hepatitis B virus infection.doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2008.07.040Hein J. BootLaurens A. van der WaaijJurjen SchirmCees G.M. KallenbergJim van Steenbergen...
Healthcare workers may need booster hepatitis B vaccinationHepatitis-B, preventionHepatitis-B-vaccine, therapeutic useHepatitis-B-vaccine, immunogenicityInpharma Weekly -doi:10.2165/00128413-200012350-00008NoneSpringer International PublishingInpharma Weekly...
Looks at guidance on hepatitis B for the UK National Health Services and questions the impact of a report of transmission of hepatitis B to patients while a worker was ABeAg-negative. The guidance from the Health Service as of May 1997 about health-care workers who are HBsAg carriers who ar...
It was strongly recommended for health care workers. Over the period 1986-91 the incidence rate of acute B hepatitis in the general population declined from 12/100,000 in 1986 to 5/100,000 in 1991. The corresponding figures among hospital workers were 42.5/100,000 (RR 3.5; 95% CI 2.55-...
Healthcare workersIatrogenic transmissionEuropean UnionEuropean Economic areaIn the EU/EEA approximately 9 million people are chronically infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV), and many are undiagnosed. Targeted active case finding initiatives are needed. Iatrogenic transmission...
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection is a global public health problem. Healthcare workers, especially those working in highly endemic regions of the world, have a higher risk of occupationally acquiring the disease through continuous exposure to the blood and other bodily fluids of patients. This bo...
Health care workers who are stuck with needles or other sharp instruments contaminated with infected blood Infants born to infected mothers People born outside the United States in areas where hepatitis B is common People who travel to areas of the world where hepatitis B is common ...
To our knowledge, this is the first report of a genuine hepatitis B vaccination failure in someone who acquired a high anti-HBs level in response to a recombinant DNA hepatitis B vaccine. Healthcare workers whose response to the initial hepatitis B vaccination is moderate might be vulnerable to...
Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among health care workers in a tertiary hospital in Tanzania. Sub-Saharan Africa has a high prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections. Health care workers (HCWs) are at high risk of contracting HBV infection th... A,Mueller,L,... - 《Bmc ...