Knowledge, prevalence and seroconversion for hepatitis B in health professionals acting in a private clinic
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30968/rbfhss.2020.111.0358Abstract
Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the knowledge, prevalence and seroconversion to hepatitis B in health professionals. Methods: A descriptive and quantitative research was conducted through the application of questionnaires, examination analysis and immunization records of employees of a private health clinic in Cascavel, Paraná. Results: Of the 96 employees, 87 (90.6%) had anti-HBs reagent verified by the exam. Of these, the majority of employees were female (91.6%), had knowledge of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) (96.3%) and were between 31 and 40 years old (47.4%). Also, they had not had an accident with biological material (86.5%), had no HBV carrier (87.4%), or had had contact with carriers of the infection (90.6%). Conclusion: Although the most effective prevention method against HBV is vaccination, approximately 10% of the employees did not have antibodies detected by the test. In addition, some individuals showed little knowledge about hepatitis B, which is of concern, as they are health professionals who are at risk of acquiring infections due to contact with patients and biological materials.
Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2020 RBFHSS and the Authors
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
The authors hereby transfer, assign, or otherwise convey to RBFHSS: (1) the right to grant permission to republish or reprint the stated material, in whole or in part, without a fee; (2) the right to print republish copies for free distribution or sale; and (3) the right to republish the stated material in any format (electronic or printed). In addition, the undersigned affirms that the article described above has not previously been published, in whole or part, is not subject to copyright or other rights except by the author(s), and has not been submitted for publication elsewhere, except as communicated in writing to RHFHSS with this document.
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY-NC-ND) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
Serlf-archiving policy
This journal permits and encourages authors to post and archive the final pdf of the articles submitted to the journal on personal websites or institutional repositories after publication, while providing bibliographic details that credit its publication in this journal.
