NIOSH Testimony on Hepatitis B Immunization by E. L. Baker, September 12, 1989.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This testimony offers supplemental comments specifically pertaining to the hepatitis-B vaccine and immunization practices to prevent the spread of hepatitis among members of the population. Hepatitis-B vaccines offer highly safe and effective protection against hepatitis-B virus (HBV) infection in the workplace. All three currently licensed hepatitis-B vaccines are given as series of three doses. Based on available information, hepatitis-B vaccine provides protection against illness and the hepatitis-B carrier state for at least 7 years. Early efforts to immunize health care workers were hindered by the fears that the plasma derived vaccine might be unsafe. Persons planning hepatitis-B vaccination programs may consider the need for testing for antibody to HBV either before or after vaccination. The Immunization Practices Advisory Committee recommended hepatitis-B vaccine for high risk health care workers in 1982. Hepatitis-B vaccine is also recommended for unvaccinated persons who are acutely exposed to HBV such as infants. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Disease Vectors Health Personnel Occupational Health Pharmacies Radiation Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Testimony; Baker-E-L; Disease-transmission; Disease-vectors; Health-care-personnel; Physicians; Nurses; Nursing; Pharmacists; Radiologists
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Testimony
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00196921
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91169482
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1989 Sep; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1989
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Infectious Diseases
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/243012/cdc_243012_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]