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Query: UMLS:C0019163 (
hepatitis B
)
38,309
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
As part of a nation-wide questionnaire survey among Danish doctors, the incidence of
hepatitis B
vaccination was studied. For each specialty the findings were related to the risk of
hepatitis B
exposure assessed by the incidence of percutaneous and mucocutaneous blood exposure (
PCE
and MCE). A total of 6256 of 9375 doctors (67%) responded and 6005 (64%) questionnaires were eligible for analysis. Only 34.3% of the doctors had been vaccinated against
hepatitis B
, ranging from 8.9% in Psychiatry to 56.9% in Obstetrics-Gynaecology. The annual incidence of
PCE
and MCE was high in surgical as well as non-surgical specialties with an average of 3.0
PCE
and 3.9 MCE per person. In conclusion all doctors must be considered at risk of exposure to
hepatitis B
during part of or the entire career. The current level of
hepatitis B
vaccination is insufficient.
Hepatitis B
vaccination of all doctors before entering clinical work seems to be indicated.
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PMID:[Hepatitis B vaccination status among Danish physicians]. 959 33
