Abstract

 Background and Objectives

 HBV infection is one of the most common infections with side effects. Clinical personnel are at risk for HBV infection so immunization with vaccine and detection of HBs Ab level are very important.

 Materials and Methods

 This study is a descriptive analytic research on 501 clinical personnel that had received HBV vaccine. HBs Ab titres were estimated with standard kits and the final analysis was made by using X² , simple scatter methods and SPSS 16.

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 Results

 Out of 501 patients, 293 (58.5%) were female and 207 (41.5%) male. The age average was 34.38 ± 8.65 years and the average BMI was 24.13 ± 3.17. The average HBs Ab titre was 58.13± 12.3 mIU/ml and the average HBs Ab titre was higher in women than men (p<0.05).

 Conclusions

 Immunization with HBV vaccine is very necessary for clinical personnel especially hospital care workers. Moreover, HBs Ab titre of such cases should be regularly evaluated.

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 Key words : Hepatitis B, Antibodies, Vaccination