title: Hepatitis B vaccination rates among medical personnel at Ain Shams University Hospital and obstacles to vaccine uptake.
abstract: The current study included 1426 medical personnel working at Ain Shams University hospitals selected randomly; 354 staff members, 679 junior doctors (residents and internships) and 393 nurses. The overall vaccination coverage with at least one dose of HB vaccine was 40.6%. The overall coverage with 3 doses of HB vaccine was 29.1%. The mean number of working years was higher among the vaccinated group. More than 55% of personnel who had direct exposure or contact with blood were not vaccinated. HB vaccine uptake was conducted at the work place by 65.6% of vaccinated personnel and about 50% received the vaccine recently, i.e. less than one year. The side effects experienced by vaccinated subjects were local pain (5.4%) and headache (0.7%). About 38% of included personnel were not sure about the effectiveness of HB vaccine, and 47% do not know exactly the duration of vaccine validity. The current price of the vaccine was unaffordable as stated by 60.9% of subjects and 95.2% concluded that the vaccine should be funded. It was recommended that the work place is the best place for HB vaccine uptake by 80.9% of subjects and the vaccine should be obligatory for all medical personnel by 84.3% of subjects.
authors.affiliation: Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: El-Awady
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004534:Egypt; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000276:immunology; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007117:Immunization, Secondary / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D037141:Mandatory Programs; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014611:Vaccination / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines