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

Background: Health care workers (HCWs) are at high risk for acquiring <a title="Learn more about Hepatitis B Virus" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/hepatitis-b-virus">hepatitis B virus</a> infection because of <a title="Learn...

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Autores principales:	H.N. Harsha Kumar, Rahul P. Nambiar, Sarbjit Mohapatra, Aditi Khanna, R. Praveen, D. Sai Bhawana
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2016
Materias:	health care workers hepatitis B vaccination status postexposure prophylaxis practices Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f75b68754a344851aa07a4a7e46706722021-12-02T11:33:14ZA Cross-sectional Study on Hepatitis B Vaccination Status and Post-exposure Prophylaxis Practices Among Health Care Workers in Teaching Hospitals of Mangalore2214-999610.1016/j.aogh.2015.08.015https://doaj.org/article/f75b68754a344851aa07a4a7e46706722016-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/1468https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Background: Health care workers (HCWs) are at high risk for acquiring <a title="Learn more about Hepatitis B Virus" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/hepatitis-b-virus">hepatitis B virus</a> infection because of <a title="Learn more about Needlestick Injury" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/needlestick-injury">needle stick injury</a> (NSI) and occupational exposures to potentially infectious bodily fluids. Hepatitis B <a title="Learn more about Vaccination" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/vaccination">vaccination</a> confers protection against the infection. Very little information is available in India about current vaccination status and <a title="Learn more about Post-exposure prophylaxis" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/post-exposure-prophylaxis">postexposure prophylaxis</a> (PEP) practices among HCWs. Objectives: This study had 2 objectives. The first was to characterize current vaccination coverage among HCWs, and the second was to define PEP practices among HCWs after NSI and exposures to potentially infectious bodily fluids. Methods: A questionnaire-based, <a title="Learn more about Cross Sectional Study" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/cross-sectional-study">cross-sectional study</a> was conducted in hospitals attached to Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore. We selected 297 individuals. A pretested, semistructured questionnaire was devised to collect information from study participants. After obtaining permission from the Institutional Ethics Committee, data were collected by interviewing HCWs in the hospitals. Analysis was done using SPSS. Findings: Nearly all (93.8%) of the HCWs surveyed had taken 1 dose of <a title="Learn more about Hepatitis B" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/hepatitis-b">hepatitis B</a> vaccine. However, only 57.1% completed the primary series of 3 doses and only 26.4% had taken 1 or more booster doses. Of the HCWs questioned, 24.8% had experienced NSIs, exposure to potentially infectious bodily fluids, or both. Local measures were the PEP practices most commonly used (85.5%) by the HCWs. Conclusion: The present study demonstrated that there is a need in Mangalore to improve the vaccination coverage and train HCWs in appropriate PEP practices. This will protect the workers from acquiring hepatitis B infection.H.N. Harsha KumarRahul P. NambiarSarbjit MohapatraAditi KhannaR. PraveenD. Sai BhawanaUbiquity Pressarticlehealth care workershepatitis B vaccination statuspostexposure prophylaxis practicesInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 81, Iss 5, Pp 664-668 (2016)
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spellingShingle	health care workers hepatitis B vaccination status postexposure prophylaxis practices Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 H.N. Harsha Kumar Rahul P. Nambiar Sarbjit Mohapatra Aditi Khanna R. Praveen D. Sai Bhawana A Cross-sectional Study on Hepatitis B Vaccination Status and Post-exposure Prophylaxis Practices Among Health Care Workers in Teaching Hospitals of Mangalore
description	Background: Health care workers (HCWs) are at high risk for acquiring <a title="Learn more about Hepatitis B Virus" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/hepatitis-b-virus">hepatitis B virus</a> infection because of <a title="Learn more about Needlestick Injury" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/needlestick-injury">needle stick injury</a> (NSI) and occupational exposures to potentially infectious bodily fluids. Hepatitis B <a title="Learn more about Vaccination" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/vaccination">vaccination</a> confers protection against the infection. Very little information is available in India about current vaccination status and <a title="Learn more about Post-exposure prophylaxis" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/post-exposure-prophylaxis">postexposure prophylaxis</a> (PEP) practices among HCWs. Objectives: This study had 2 objectives. The first was to characterize current vaccination coverage among HCWs, and the second was to define PEP practices among HCWs after NSI and exposures to potentially infectious bodily fluids. Methods: A questionnaire-based, <a title="Learn more about Cross Sectional Study" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/cross-sectional-study">cross-sectional study</a> was conducted in hospitals attached to Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore. We selected 297 individuals. A pretested, semistructured questionnaire was devised to collect information from study participants. After obtaining permission from the Institutional Ethics Committee, data were collected by interviewing HCWs in the hospitals. Analysis was done using SPSS. Findings: Nearly all (93.8%) of the HCWs surveyed had taken 1 dose of <a title="Learn more about Hepatitis B" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/hepatitis-b">hepatitis B</a> vaccine. However, only 57.1% completed the primary series of 3 doses and only 26.4% had taken 1 or more booster doses. Of the HCWs questioned, 24.8% had experienced NSIs, exposure to potentially infectious bodily fluids, or both. Local measures were the PEP practices most commonly used (85.5%) by the HCWs. Conclusion: The present study demonstrated that there is a need in Mangalore to improve the vaccination coverage and train HCWs in appropriate PEP practices. This will protect the workers from acquiring hepatitis B infection.
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author	H.N. Harsha Kumar Rahul P. Nambiar Sarbjit Mohapatra Aditi Khanna R. Praveen D. Sai Bhawana
author_facet	H.N. Harsha Kumar Rahul P. Nambiar Sarbjit Mohapatra Aditi Khanna R. Praveen D. Sai Bhawana
author_sort	H.N. Harsha Kumar
title	A Cross-sectional Study on Hepatitis B Vaccination Status and Post-exposure Prophylaxis Practices Among Health Care Workers in Teaching Hospitals of Mangalore
title_short	A Cross-sectional Study on Hepatitis B Vaccination Status and Post-exposure Prophylaxis Practices Among Health Care Workers in Teaching Hospitals of Mangalore
title_full	A Cross-sectional Study on Hepatitis B Vaccination Status and Post-exposure Prophylaxis Practices Among Health Care Workers in Teaching Hospitals of Mangalore
title_fullStr	A Cross-sectional Study on Hepatitis B Vaccination Status and Post-exposure Prophylaxis Practices Among Health Care Workers in Teaching Hospitals of Mangalore
title_full_unstemmed	A Cross-sectional Study on Hepatitis B Vaccination Status and Post-exposure Prophylaxis Practices Among Health Care Workers in Teaching Hospitals of Mangalore
title_sort	cross-sectional study on hepatitis b vaccination status and post-exposure prophylaxis practices among health care workers in teaching hospitals of mangalore
publisher	Ubiquity Press
publishDate	2016
url	https://doaj.org/article/f75b68754a344851aa07a4a7e4670672
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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

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