ArticleBMJ open quality2023
Improving hepatitis B screening and vaccination rates in a veterans affairs resident-based primary care clinic.
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- Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates During Hospitalization via Resident Education Intervention: A Hospital-Based Quality Improvement Project in a Teaching Community Hospital.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2026Article
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introductionIn 2022, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) updated its recommendation regarding hepatitis B vaccination and advised vaccination for all adults aged 19-59 regardless of risk factors and those 60 years and older with risk factors. Adults 60 years and older without known risk factors may also be vaccinated. Our project aimed to spread awareness of the updated hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination guideline and improve HBV vaccination rates among veterans in a resident-based primary care clinic.
methodsPreintervention data were collected from October to December 2021 and post intervention data were collected from March to May 2022; patients seen in the clinic during these months were included. Patients were considered immune against HBV if they had positive anti-hepatitis B surface antigen and susceptible to infection if the hepatitis B panel was negative. Interventions included educating each resident group regarding current guidelines via multifaceted modalities. In addition, a reminder for checking hepatitis B status was embedded in the veterans affairs (VA) electronic medical record.
resultsIn the preintervention period from October to December 2021, a total of 1242 veterans were seen. 532 veterans had previous screening for hepatitis B immunity in the chart with 378 veterans negative for hepatitis B surface antibody. Of those 378 veterans, only 35 were vaccinated against hepatitis B during the time period studied. In the postintervention period, 1174 veterans were seen and 559 had prior hepatitis B immunity screening with 430 veterans negative for hepatitis B surface antibody. Of the 430 veterans with no immunity against HBV, 123 received hepatitis B vaccination during the time period studied, which is an increase of greater than 20% in the number of veterans vaccinated. DISCUSSION: Our data suggest that HBV vaccination rate was suboptimal among the veteran population. A low-cost intervention could be beneficial in integrating new vaccination guidelines in the VA standard of care. Increased awareness of the updated HBV vaccination guideline would likely help to achieve the goal of full vaccination among the veteran population.
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