dc.contributor.author | Elduma, A.H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Saeed, N.S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-17T10:25:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-17T10:25:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | EN |
dc.identifier.issn | 1020-3397 | EN |
dc.identifier.other | http://www.emro.who.int/emhj/V17/06/17_6_2011_0474_0478.pdf | EN |
dc.identifier.uri | https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/118644 | |
dc.description | 474-478 | EN |
dc.description.abstract | This study was conducted to determine the seropositivity of hepatitis B infection, associated risk factors and history of vaccination among staff in 3 teaching hospitals in Khartoum. The study was carried out from March 2006 to March 2007. Participants comprised 245 randomly selected hospital staff; 12 [4.9%] reacted positively for HBsAg, 6 of whom were nurses, 4 domestic staff and 2 laboratory staff. Only 37 participants [15.1%] said that they had attended training courses in biosafety. Just over 50% indicated that they had had needle-stick or sharp injuries during work; 61 [24.9%] indicated that they always followed the bio-safety precautions, 52 [21.4%] said that they always wore gloves during their work while 43 [17.6%] said they never wore them. Only 11 [4.5%] of the participants had received the full vaccination dose for hepatitis B | EN |
dc.language.iso | en | EN |
dc.subject | Health Personnel | EN |
dc.subject | Cross-Sectional Studies | EN |
dc.subject | Risk Factors | EN |
dc.subject | Hospitals, Teaching | EN |
dc.subject | Hepatitis B Vaccines | EN |
dc.subject.mesh | Hepatitis B | EN |
dc.title | Hepatitis B virus infection among staff in three hospitals in Khartoum, Sudan, 2006-07 | EN |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 17 (6), 474-478, 2011 | |