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Hepatitis B vaccination status among health workers in Nigeria: a nationwide survey between January to June 2021.
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- Hepatitis B Vaccination History among medical intern doctors and nurses in three national referral hospitals in Uganda.African health sciences · 2025Article
- Hepatitis B vaccination status, knowledge and associated factors among healthcare professionals in Dongola, Sudan, 2024: a cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Hepatitis B vaccine knowledge, uptake and associated factors among healthcare workers in public secondary facilities in Delta Central District, Nigeria.Ghana medical journal · 2025Article
- A nationwide retrospective study of the seroprevalence and risk factors of transfusion-transmissible infections among blood donors in Nigeria.Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Challenges to implementing mandatory hepatitis B vaccination: bridging immunization gaps among health workers in sub-Saharan Africa.Tropical medicine and health · 2025Article
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- Evaluating hepatitis B screening, prevalence, vaccination coverage, and linkage to care in Abuja, Nigeria: insights from a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Addressing vaccination gaps among healthcare workers in sub-Saharan Africa: the role of mandatory Hepatitis B vaccination.Tropical medicine and health · 2024Article
- Factors predicting the level of vaccine protection against hepatitis B virus infection among physicians and nurses in Šabac, Serbia.Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju · 2024Article
- Knowledge of hepatitis B infection, hepatitis B vaccine, and vaccination status with its associated factors among healthcare workers in Kampot and Kep Provinces, Cambodia.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Assessing the awareness and acceptability of hepatitis B immunoglobulin among pregnant women in Enugu metropolis, Southeast, Nigeria: A cross-sectional study.SAGE open medicine · 2024Article
- A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study on Hepatitis B Vaccination Coverage and Associated Factors Among Personnel Working in Health Facilities in Kumasi, Ghana.BioMed research international · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundHepatitis B vaccination is the most important preventive measure against Hepatitis B viral (HBV) infection. Vaccination against HBV infection among healthcare workers is important because of their daily exposure to patients' body fluids and the possible risk of transmission to other patients. Hence, this study assessed the risk of hepatitis B infection, vaccination status and associated factors among healthcare workers in six geopolitical zones of Nigeria.
methodsA nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted between January and June 2021 using electronic data capture techniques to enroll 857 healthcare workers (HCWs) in regular contact with patients and their samples through a multi-stage sampling method.
resultsThe participants' mean (SD) age was 38.7 (8.0) years, and 453 (52.9%) were female. Each of the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria had a fair representation, with a range of 15.3 to 17.7% of the study population. The majority (83.8%) of healthcare workers in Nigeria knew that they were at an increased risk of being infected by their work. Also, 72.2% knew that if infected, there was a high risk of liver cancer in later life. Many participants (642 [74.9%]) responded that they consistently applied standard precautions, such as hand washing, gloves, and face masks while attending to patients. Three hundred and sixty (42.0%) participants were fully vaccinated. Of the 857 respondents, 248 (28.9%) did not receive any dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Factors that were associated with not being vaccinated included age less than 25 [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 4.796, 95% CI 1.119 to 20.547, p = 0.035], being a nurse (AOR 2.346, 95% CI 1.446 to 3.808, p = 0.010), being a health attendant (AOR 9.225, 95% CI 4.532 to 18.778, p = 0.010), and being a healthcare worker from the Southeast (AOR 2.152, 95% CI 1.186 to 3.904, p = 0.012) in Nigeria.
conclusionThis study showed a high level of awareness of the risks associated with hepatitis B infection and suboptimal uptake of the hepatitis B vaccine among healthcare workers in Nigeria.
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