Compliance to hepatitis B vaccination and subsequent development of seroprotection among health care workers of a tertiary care center of Saudi Arabia

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 144-150

  Panhotra, B R ^a   Saxena, Anil K ^a   Al Hamrani, Hassan A ^a   Al Mulhim, Abdulrahman ^a  

^a KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION SITE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING;

EID: 15744370528     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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