Medical students’ awareness of and compliance with the hepatitis B vaccine in a tertiary care academic hospital: An epidemiological study

Ghomraoui, Firas; Alfaqeeh, Faisal A.; Algadheeb, Abdulrahman S.; Al-alsheikh, Abdullah S.; Al–Hamoudi, Waleed; Alswat, Khalid

doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2015.06.008

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“…This study found that 65.7% of the students were not aware about their HBV immune status and only half of them (51.7%) had received HBV vaccine with almost third of them receiving complete vaccination of three doses (Figure 1). Almost similar percentage of vaccinated students who had received the vaccination was reported in previous local studies conducted in King Khaled University hospital (Ghomraoui et al, 2016), and in Aljouf University (Al-Hazmi, 2015). While, a higher percentage of vaccinated students (88.9%) was reported among dental students in Hail region of Saudi Arabia (Haridi et al, 2016), which was explained by receiving of adequate training courses and the availability of mandatory free of charge vaccination to all health care workers.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…In a similar study that was conducted on medical clinical trainee students from eleven universities in Europe and UK, 34% of them had been exposed to one of blood or body fluids hazards (Salzer et al, 2011). A higher incidents was reported among Lima, Peru medical students, as 46.7% of them suffered at least one incident during their clinical training (Ghomraoui et al, 2016).…”

Section: Potential Risk To Obhs Amongmentioning

confidence: 94%

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Potential Risk of Occupational Blood Hazards Among Students at the Health Colleges in Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

Bakr

Al-Suwalim

et al. 2019

Egypt. J. Occup. Med.

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Introduction: Clinical trainee students are potentially at high risk of exposure to blood-borne pathogens because of their underestimation of the risk of blood exposure and limited clinical experience. Aim of work: To assess the potential risk among health colleges' students at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (PNU) regarding occupational blood hazards (OBHs), to determine the frequency of their exposure to OBHs incident during their clinical training and to assess their awareness towards potential risks of blood hazards, vaccination, and safety measures. Materials and methods: A questionnaire based on a cross-sectional study was carried out among 565 clinical trainee students of health colleges from December 2017 to March 2018. Results: The majority (83%) of the students had poor knowledge score. More than half of them did not receive any educational material or even orientation on standard precautions. Almost half of them had received HBV vaccine. Nearly 11% of them stated that they had been exposed to incident of blood hazards at least once during

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Section: Students' Compliance With Hbvsupporting

confidence: 81%

Section: Potential Risk To Obhs Amongmentioning

confidence: 94%

Potential Risk of Occupational Blood Hazards Among Students at the Health Colleges in Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

Bakr

Al-Suwalim

et al. 2019

Egypt. J. Occup. Med.

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“…Despite this recommendation, vaccination against HBV among HCSs in various African countries continues to fall below the target [15][16][17][18]. Some reasons for low vaccination coverage include transitory staff [19], busy schedule [20], lack of money to pay for the vaccine [21] and forgetfulness [22]. This is complicated by shortage of skilled HCWs, especially in low income countries, which may compel students to carry out procedures on their own especially in emergency situations [23,24].…”

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Factors affecting HBV vaccination in a Medical training College in Kenya: A mixed methods Study

Maina

Bii

2020

BMC Public Health

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Background: Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is highly endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa with 70 to 90% of the population becoming infected before the age of 40 years. Healthcare workers (HCWs) including healthcare students (HCSs) are at an increased risk of contracting HBV due to occupational exposure. HCSs are especially at a high risk because of their inexperience with infection control procedures and insufficient knowledge about the level of risk when dealing with patients. Despite the availability of an effective vaccine, and its recommendation by Kenya's Ministry of Health, few HCW and students are vaccinated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of awareness, attitude, practices, and access factors on hepatitis B vaccination uptake by HCSs at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC). Methods: This was a concurrent mixed methods study. For the quantitative arm, a structured questionnaire was used to assess the awareness, knowledge, attitudes and practices towards HBV disease and vaccination. Accessibility of the HBV vaccine in the participating campuses was also assessed. Two FGDs were carried out: one comprised of student representatives of the participating campuses while the second comprised of members of staff. Quantitative data was analysed using STATA (version 15) while NVIVO (version 11) was used for qualitative data. Results: Out of 634 students invited to participate in the study, 487 participated (response rate 76.8%). Majority of the respondents were from Nairobi Campus (44.2%) and from the Department of Nursing (31.2%). HBV vaccine uptake rate was 85.8% while the non-vaccination rate was 14.3%. Full vaccination was reported by only 20.2% of respondents. The major reason for not receiving the recommended doses was the unavailability of the vaccine when students went for it. The qualitative study revealed challenges in the implementation of the vaccination program at KMTC. Conclusions: Full vaccination rates remained low despite good knowledge of HBV infection and positive attitude towards vaccination. There is therefore need to streamline vaccination programs in medical colleges to ensure availability and accessibility of the vaccine to healthcare students.

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“…Previous studies have already revealed a lower knowledge on hepatitis B in general population, medical stu-dents, and patients (8)(9)(10)(11). One study from China also investigated Chinese physicians' awareness regarding the 2010 guidelines on the treatment of CHB.…”

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Junior Doctors’ Knowledge about Chronic Hepatitis B Guideline: A Survey Among 30 Primary Hospitals in Sichuan Province of China

Chen

Bai

et al. 2017

Hepat Mon

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Objectives:This study aimed to assess the knowledge of junior doctors on the 2015 chronic hepatitis B (CHB) guideline recommended by Chinese society of infectious diseases and Chinese society of hepatology, Chinese medical association. Methods: Junior doctors, who were already engaged in the field of CHB, were invited to complete a questionnaire-based survey between May and June 2016. The questionnaire consisted of 28 items focusing on knowledge in the following three sections: motherto-child transmission (MTCT) prevention, response-guided therapy (RGT) strategies, and special patients' antiviral therapy. Results: Responses were received from 562 out of 600 participants. Among those 562 junior doctors, about 10%~30% were not familiar with the use of hepatitis B vaccine and hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG), and 18.8% did not know that newborn with HBsAg-positive mother could be breastfed after giving HBIG and vaccine. About 20.6% of junior doctors did not know the possible withdrawal indications recommended by the guideline. For HBeAg-positive patients receiving low genetic barrier drugs, about 30% of junior doctors did not know that the antiviral strategies should be adjusted according to HBV DNA levels at treatment week 24. For CHB patients receiving chemotherapy, about 25% of participants did not know antiviral therapy should be started at least 1 week earlier, and about 20% did not know that adefovir dipivoxil or tenofovir disoproxil fumarate should be avoided in patients with kidney diseases or high-risk of developing kidney diseases. Conclusions: The knowledge on CHB guideline was rather unsatisfactory in junior doctors. Our finding highlights the urgent need for strengthening junior doctors to gain a greater understanding of CHB guideline.

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Medical students’ awareness of and compliance with the hepatitis B vaccine in a tertiary care academic hospital: An epidemiological study

Cited by 29 publications

References 16 publications

Potential Risk of Occupational Blood Hazards Among Students at the Health Colleges in Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

Potential Risk of Occupational Blood Hazards Among Students at the Health Colleges in Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

Factors affecting HBV vaccination in a Medical training College in Kenya: A mixed methods Study

Junior Doctors’ Knowledge about Chronic Hepatitis B Guideline: A Survey Among 30 Primary Hospitals in Sichuan Province of China

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