scholarly journals Vaccination status and Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B surface Antigen among Health Care Workers in Taiz, Yemen Republic

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Waheed ALI ◽  
Riyadh Abdulmajid Thabit ◽  
Mansoor Alkhulaidi ◽  
Ahmed Abdullah Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen ◽  
Venous Blood ◽  
Vaccination Status ◽  
Hbv Infection ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Hbv Prevalence

Background: Exposure to Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the most common occupational diseases among the providers of the health care services. During the course of their clinical work; Health Care Workers (HCWs) are at risk of acquitting HBV infection or transmitting it to their patients. Vaccination for medical personnel against HBV  in Yemen Republic is recommended but not strictly enforced. Detection of the viral hepatitis B surface antigens (HBsAg) is one of the accurate and cheap methods to assess HBV prevalence. This method is used in this study to assess HBV prevalence among HCWs in Taiz; to in order to improve on methods of interventions to control this infection among them. Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess the vaccination status and the seroprevalence of HBsAg among HCWs in Taiz; Yemen republic.  Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted through the period between January and March, 2018, and from April and July, 2019, in the part of Taiz City; Yemen Republic belonging to legitimate authorities. 362 HCWs were included in this study and are selected through repeated casual visits to hospitals and medical centers. A questioner was made to get information on the participants’ characteristics and their vaccination status, medical hestory and risk factors for HBV transmission. Five ml venous blood was then collected from every participant to assess HBsAg. Results: the overall vaccination percentage was 21.54% (27.5% in male and 17.9% of female). The seroprevalence of HBsAg was 2.76%, all vaccinated participants were HBsAg negative. Needle stick and sharp object injury was an important risk factor of HBV infection.

scholarly journals Immunization status of students of Nishtar medical university against hepatitis B

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 3669
Author(s):  
Dilawar Khan ◽  
Hassan Abdullah Shakeel ◽  
Hamza Maqsood ◽  
Hafiz Muhammad Ahmar Aziz ◽  
Muhammad Jahantab Qazi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Hbv Infection ◽  
Vaccine Uptake ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Medical University

Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Occupational exposure of health care workers and medical students increase their risk of acquiring HBV infection, and many authorities recommend vaccination. However, significant proportions of health care workers do not receive HBV immunization, and remain at increased risk to HBV infection. The present study was conducted on medical students to evaluate their knowledge regarding HBV and to know their vaccination status.Methods: This cross sectional, randomized, observational study was done at Nishtar medical university, Multan from November 2017 to July 2018. A pre-structured and tested questionnaire was given to 150 medical students from first year to final year. Out of these students 75 were males and 75 were females. The students were also interviewed about age, gender, year of study, screening before vaccination, history of vaccination, completion of all 3 doses and reasons for not getting vaccinated.Results: Out of 150 participants, 117 (78%) were vaccinated against HBV. In the vaccinated group, 90 (77%) completed all the three doses of their vaccination schedule and remaining 27 (23%) students were incompletely vaccinated. Rate of vaccine uptake was higher in females; 63 (84%) than in males: 53 (71%). Reasons of not being vaccinated were lack of knowledge about consequences (15.5%), casual behaviour (36%), not knowing from where to get vaccine (12%), fear of injection (10%), busy in studies (10%) and financial problems (8%). Prior screening was done in 74 (63%) students before the vaccination.Conclusions: Despite the availability and accessibility of a cost-effective hepatitis B vaccine since mid80's, the vaccination coverage among medical students is low. Health education needs to be improved in all medical students. The orientation and awareness programmes should be held to create awareness regarding HBV infection.

Serological markers of Hepatitis B virus infection among Health Care Workers in Accra, Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-107
Author(s):  
Vivian Efua Senoo-Dogbey
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Venous Blood ◽  
Occupational Exposures ◽  
Hbv Infection ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Serological Markers ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Workers

Introduction: The prevalence of HBV among the Ghanaian population is high and also occupational exposures to blood and body fluids that could potentially result in HBV infection is also high among HCWs. However the distribution of serological markers of HBV infection among Health care workers remains largely unknown. The aim of the study was to describe the distribution of HBV serological markers among the Ghanaian HCWs. Methods: A hospital based cross sectional survey involving 363 HCWs drawn from five health institutions selected through stratified random sampling procedure was undertaken. A structured pretested questionnaire was the research instrument that was utilized to collect data from health care workers who also gave 5mls of venous blood to be evaluated qualitatively for the presence of five serological markers of HBV. Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) procedure was subsequently undertaken to detect IgM HBcAb. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. Results: The predominant HBV maker among the population was Anti-HBs; 57.4% (195/340) and the least was HBeAg; 1.5% (5/340).  One third (123/340) of the HCWs were naïve to HBV.  Lifetime exposure to HBV (Anti-HBc) prevalence was 8.2% (28/340) (95% CI= 5.0%-11).  Conclusions: Even though Anti-HBs is the predominant antibody marker identified among the population of HCWs evaluated, one third of the participants still remain susceptible to HBV infection. Protective measures need to be instituted to prevent new infections among HCWs who are currently naïve to the virus. Sanitary workers or orderlies need to be given special consideration in HBV prevention campaigns.  

scholarly journals Perceptions and practice of health care workers regarding hepatitis B vaccination, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, 2016

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damus Kouassi ◽  
Odile Angbo-Effi ◽  
Lepri Aka ◽  
M’Bégnan Coulibaly ◽  
Sory Soumahoro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Vaccination Status ◽  
Hepatitis B Vaccination ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Care Workforce ◽  
Significance Threshold ◽  
Care Workers

Barriers to immunization are seen in both the general population and the health care workforce. We conducted this study to determine the perception of health workers on vaccination and the immunization of their patients. This cross-sectional descriptive analytical study was carried out among the medical staff in Bouaké, from 10 January to 07 March 2016. The data collected from the interviews were analyzed using Epi info 2000 software and SPSS 17.0. The Chi-2 test and logistic regression were performed and the significance threshold of the tests was 5%. The vaccination status of the 291 health care workers (HCWs) for the hepatitis B virus (HBV) was statistically related to their participation in the course in vaccination during their training (ORa = 1.69, 95% CI: 1.04-2.75 P<0.05) and the systematic verification of the vaccination status of the patient was statistically related to the vaccination status of the HCW (ORa = 4.33, 95% CI: 2.97-8.18, P<0.05). Promoting the vaccination among the population should be dependent on the promotion among HCWs.

scholarly journals Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of health care workers towards Hepatitis B in Kabul, Afghanistan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohullah Roien ◽  
Sayed Hamid Mousavi ◽  
Mohammad Hossein Delshad ◽  
Fatemeh Pourhaji
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Hbv Infection ◽  
Major Public Health Problem ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Abstract Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major public health problem worldwide. Health care workers are at high risk of obtaining HBV infection due to direct interaction with HBV-infected blood and body fluids in their workplace.Objective: The purpose of this research was to assess KAP of Health care workers towards Hepatitis B infection in Kabul.Methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted between November, 2018 and January; 2019 among 502 health care workers using simple random sampling method. The tool for data collection was a self-administered structured questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 16.00.Results: The overall knowledge, attitude and practice score of HCWs were 86.58%, 34.73% and 61.22% respectively. Most of participants correctly identified HBV transmissions. Health care workers with higher education level, showed good knowledge than those with low educational level (p < 0.0001). The majority of the participants had a poor attitude towards HBV prevention (53.98%). only 77.45% of participants had been screened for HBV and 56.37% of participants had been vaccinated against HBV, only 5.17% had completed three doses of vaccine.Conclusion: The finding of our study shows that health care workers in Kabul, are at higher risk of acquiring HBV infection due to low vaccination coverage and poor preventive practice. We recommend that free and compulsory vaccination, awareness and encouraging programs should be provided for all health care workers in order to increase favorable attitude and effective preventive measures for HBV infections.

Hepatitis B vaccination status and associated factors among health care workers in Burkina Faso

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.G. Ouédraogo ◽  
S. Kouanda ◽  
S. Tiendrébeogo ◽  
G.A. Konseimbo ◽  
C.E. Yetta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Vaccination Status ◽  
Hepatitis B Vaccination ◽  
Care Workers
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