Hepatitis B vaccination and serology among health personnel in a municipality in the Recôncavo Baiano, Brazil, 2019.
Yvanilson Costas Farias JuniorFernanda de Oliveira SouzaMargarete Costa HeliotérioTânia Maria de AraújoPaloma de Sousa PinhoPublished in: Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT (2024)
The familiarity provided by routine primary health care and the awareness of occupational risk was associated with beter adherence to the hepatitis B vaccine schedule among health personnel. Nearly a third of those who were shot with the three doses of hepatitis B vaccine were not immunized, reinforcing the need for anti-HBs testing.