Volume 6
Number 1 January 2006Assessment of Hepatitis B Vaccination Status Among the Doctors and Dental Surgeons in a Medical College Hospital
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47648/jmsr.2006.v0601.01
Nasreen S1 , Khan Md S H2 , Harun A3 , Nasreen A4
Abstract
This cross sectional questionnaire based descriptive study was done on a sample of 143 doctors and four dental surgeons working in Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital (HFRCMCH) to assess hepatitis B vaccination status as well as the reasons for non.immunization. The median age and total years of clinical and denial practice of the study participants were 42.00 a 8.07 and 15.00 a 8.32 years respective!). Only 14.97% respondent had completed a course of inummization with confirmation of serocomersion. Additional 40.82% had been immunized without post-immunkation serology testing. No signifkata association was found between vaccine acceptance and age or length of professional practice of the respondents (p= 0.486 mid p= 0.170 respectively). The commonest reasons for non-immunization were lack of interest, doubt about efficacy of vaccines and difficulty in maintaining the schedule due to workload. More than half ( 52.38%) of the respondents had complete knowledge on hepatitis 8 vaccination. Neatly 33% doctors and 75% dental surgeons reported that they had suffered accidental needle-stick and/or sharp injury over past one-year period. Among them 24% were not vaccinated and 8% had not completed the vaccination schedule. Twatty sit of the doctors sustaining injuries were from the department of obstetrics and gynaecology with a frequency varying from once in a year to even thrice in a week. The study results provide the rationale for more comprehensive studies nationwide.
Keywords:
- Lecturer, Department of Community Medicine
- Professor & Head of the Department of Community Medicine
- Lecturer, Department of Community Medicine
- Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine