Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

HBs ANTIBODY LEVELS AMONG MEDICAL INTERNS OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN PUDUCHERRY

Nikita Radhakrishnan, Dr. Shashikala

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Background: Health care workers particularly medical students are at high risk of acquiring HBV infection. Though a universal vaccination programme to combat the infection is available, many medical students remain non–vaccinated, incompletely vaccinated or unaware of their post vaccination status. Thus, there is a need to document the compliance and effectiveness of Hepatitis B vaccination among the medical interns. Objective: The present study was undertaken to analyze Hepatitis B vaccination status & prevalence of protective antibody titre among medical interns. Materials & methods: A cross sectional study on 70 vaccinated medical interns (1–3doses) was carried out at a tertiary care hospital at Puducherry. Single blood samples were drawn and anti HBs titres were recoded using Enzyme linked fluorescent assay (ELFA).Statistical analysis was done using SPSS 20.0.Results: 57% of the medical interns had completed 3 doses, while 19% received 2 doses and 24% received only a single dose. 72.8% were good responders while 15.7% were non–responders to the vaccination. Conclusion: The compliance to complete immunization was found to be low; implementation of active follow–up with reminders to complete vaccination and post vaccination estimation of titres should be made mandatory at institutional level. A further assessment is essential on the need for booster dose and management of post exposure prophylaxis

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HBS ANTIBODY LEVELS AMONG MEDICAL INTERNS OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN PUDUCHERRY, Nikita Radhakrishnan, Dr.Shashikala INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-6 | June-2019

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