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dc.contributor.authorElduma, A.H.
dc.contributor.authorSaeed, N.S.
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-17T10:25:49Z
dc.date.available2014-06-17T10:25:49Z
dc.date.issued2011EN
dc.identifier.issn1020-3397EN
dc.identifier.otherhttp://www.emro.who.int/emhj/V17/06/17_6_2011_0474_0478.pdfEN
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.who.int/handle/10665/118644
dc.description474-478EN
dc.description.abstractThis 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 BEN
dc.language.isoenEN
dc.subjectHealth PersonnelEN
dc.subjectCross-Sectional StudiesEN
dc.subjectRisk FactorsEN
dc.subjectHospitals, TeachingEN
dc.subjectHepatitis B VaccinesEN
dc.subject.meshHepatitis BEN
dc.titleHepatitis B virus infection among staff in three hospitals in Khartoum, Sudan, 2006-07EN
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 17 (‎6)‎, 474-478, 2011


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