P1-158 Polish surgical staff and post-vaccination testing to document immunity after hbv vaccination: a cross-sectional serosurvey

Hepatitis B vaccination is recommended for HCWs but has a non-response rate of 5%–32%. In Poland there is no standardised post-vaccination protocol to confirm immunity.ObjectiveTo determine the fraction of those who were previously vaccinated but not checked for serologic evidence of hepatitis B imm...

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Published in:Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) 2011-08, Vol.65 (Suppl 1), p.A110-A110
Main Authors: Ganczak, M, Szych, Z, Korzeń, M
Format: Article
Language:English
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Hepatitis
Hepatitis B virus
Immunization
Vaccines
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Summary:Hepatitis B vaccination is recommended for HCWs but has a non-response rate of 5%–32%. In Poland there is no standardised post-vaccination protocol to confirm immunity.ObjectiveTo determine the fraction of those who were previously vaccinated but not checked for serologic evidence of hepatitis B immunity and to assess anti-HBs levels in that group by an anonymous cross-sectional sero-survey.Methodssurgical staff from 16 randomly selected hospitals in West Pomerania, Poland surveyed July 2010–January 2011.Resultsof 488 participants (49 males, 439 females, Me age 42 years), in 361 (74.0%; 95% CI 69.9 to 77.7%) anti-HBs status was not determined after the basic course of HBV vaccination. Five per cent of those showed anti-HBs titre of 0.0 mIU/ml (6 of 9 given booster doses developed anti-HBs >10 mIU/ml) and 7.2% showed anti-HBs titre of 0.1–10 mIU/ml. The multivariate logistic regression model revealed that working in a teaching hospital was associated with a smaller odds of not being checked for serologic evidence of immunity after HBV vaccination (OR 0.22, 95% CI 0.14 to 0.35; p
ISSN:0143-005X
1470-2738
DOI:10.1136/jech.2011.142976d.51