The use of hepatitis B marker prevalences in regional blood center employees as a guide to vaccination policy.
Hepatitis B vaccination has been recommended for health care personnel having frequent contact with blood. Serologic markers of hepatitis B infection were studied in employees of this regional blood center to determine the prevalence of infection in our population.
D001771:Blood Banks; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000078329:Workforce
D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines