Hepatitis B virus infection and its associated factors among medical waste collectors at public health facilities in eastern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study.
Degu Abate MengisteAbebe Tolera DirbsaBehailu Hawulte AyeleTewodros Tesfa HailegiyorgisPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)
This cross-sectional study identified that HBV infection is high among medical waste collectors in eastern Ethiopia. Immunization and on job health promotion and disease prevention measures should be considered in order to control the risk of HBV infection among medical waste collectors in eastern Ethiopia.