Prevalence of immunity to hepatitis B among nursing professionals active in hemodialysis

Maia, Eveline de Lima; Jomar, Rafael Tavares; Vasconcellos, Ilmeire Ramos Rosembach de; Fonseca, Vitor Augusto de Oliveira; Griep, Rosane Harter; Abreu, Ângela Maria Mendes

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%T Prevalence of immunity to hepatitis B among nursing professionals active in hemodialysis
%A Maia, Eveline de Lima
%A Jomar, Rafael Tavares
%A Vasconcellos, Ilmeire Ramos Rosembach de
%A Fonseca, Vitor Augusto de Oliveira
%A Griep, Rosane Harter
%A Abreu, Ângela Maria Mendes
%J Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online
%N 1
%P 231-237
%V 9
%D 2017
%K Hepatitis B
%@ 2175-5361
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53622-3
%X Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of immunity to hepatitis B among nurses active on hemodialysis. Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted with 63 professionals from a hemodialysis private service and 29 public service ones that answered a questionnaire containing information on demographics, labor, adoption of biosecurity measures in hemodialysis and related to vaccination, immunity and occupational exposure and non-occupational at Hepatitis B virus. Results: Among the professionals from the private service, the prevalence of immunity to hepatitis B was 93,7% and among the professionals in the public service, the prevalence was 86,2%; in both services were not found statistically significant differences when characteristics related to demographics, laboral and occupational and non-occupational exposure to hepatitis B were considered. Conclusion: Possibly these high prevalences were due to complete immunization schedule against hepatitis B found in over 80% of study participants.
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%9 Zeitschriftenartikel
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%~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info