Abstract
All 58 subjects working at a department of cardiac surgery and intensive care unit were screened for HBsAg, anti-HBc and anti-HBs. Overall positivity for HBV markers was 24% and was found to increase with length of employment in the department. Of the 44 seronegative subjects, 33 consented to receive 5 μg hepatitis B vaccine (Hevac B Pasteur) at 0-time and 1 and 2 months later. At screening of 31 subjects one month after the third dose of the vaccine, 30 showed anti-HBs with a mean titre of 110 MIU/ml (range 60-127). Mild and self-limiting side effects were observed.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 936-941 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Igiene Moderna |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 1985 |
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- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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Scalise, G., Urbani, C., & Clementi, M. (1985). Active immunization against hepatitis B for the staff of a department of cardiac surgery. Igiene Moderna, 83(6), 936-941.