Hepatitis B vaccination rates among medical personnel at Ain Shams University Hospital and obstacles to vaccine uptake
Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association [The]. 1998; 73 (5-6): 519-537
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ABSTRACT
The current study included 1426 medical personnel working at Ain Shams University hospitals selected randomly; 354 staff members, 679 junior doctors [residents and internships] and 393 nurses. The overall vaccination coverage with at least one dose of HB vaccine was 40.6%. The overall coverage with 3 doses of HB vaccine was 29.1%. The mean number of working years was higher among the vaccinated group. More than 55% of personnel who had direct exposure or contact with blood were not vaccinated. HB vaccine uptake was conducted at the work place by 65.6% of vaccinated personnel and about 50% received the vaccine recently, i.e. less than one year. The side effects experienced by vaccinated subjects were local pain [5.4%] and headache [0.7%]. About 38% of included personnel were not sure about the effectiveness of HB vaccine, and 47% do not know exactly the duration of vaccine validity. The current price of the vaccine was unaffordable as stated by 60.9% of subjects and 95.2% concluded that the vaccine should be funded. It was recommended that the work place is the best place for HB vaccine uptake by 80.9% of subjects and the vaccine should be obligatory for all medical personnel by 84.3% of subjects:
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Assunto principal:
Dor
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Custos de Medicamentos
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Educação Médica
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Hospitais Universitários
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Corpo Clínico
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
J. Egypt. Public Health Assoc.
Ano de publicação:
1998
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