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Evaluation of anti-hepatitis B antibody among nurse’s aid conservatory students of IRIAF Be’sat Hospital
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AM Asgharian   , M Afzali |
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Abstract: (14766 Views) |
Background: Hepatitis B virus is the cause of acute and chronic
hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. In the present, the
only secure way to prevent hepatitis B is vaccination, but the
vaccination is not 100% affective. Considering the importance of
this, the efficacy of vaccination in high risk groups and health-care
workers are at risk being involved with all types of hepatitis viruses.
For reduction of hepatitis B infection among hospital staff these
groups should be vaccinated against HBV besides using other
standards for HBV prevention. The purpose of this study is to
evaluate the anti-hepatitis B antibody among students of nurse’s aid
school in Be'sat Hospital.
Materials and methods: Anti-hepatitis B antibody levels were measured
using ELISA in 64 nurse’s aid students.
Results: the vaccination history of study population was unclear.
37(57.8%) cases were non-immune and 27(42.2%) cases were
immune against HBV.
Conclusion: Our results showed similarity with other studies. Several
factors affected HBV immunization such as age, genetics, obesity,
and smoking. This study showed that more than half of the people
are non-immune. It should be noted that these people are in
continuous contact with their classmates and patients so they
should be evaluated for HBs antibody titer in different intervals. |
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| Keywords: Hepatitis B, HBs antibody titer, nurse’s aid students, Be\'sat Hospital |
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Type of Study: Original |
Received: 2012/03/6 | Accepted: 2014/06/3 | Published: 2014/06/3
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