Evaluation for Hepatitis B virus-related immunity status of physicians and hospital staffs in “Urguu” maternal hospital

Abstract

Introduction: According to WHO, 66000 of hospital staffs have been infected with hepatitis B virus and around 2005000 staffs have been infected with Human immunodeficiency virus. Among blood-borne infections, the infections of hepatitis B, C viruses and human immunodeficiency virus are the most common. The incidences of liver cirrhosis and cancer have increased in Mongolia as compared to other countries. In Mongolia, it has been as a crucial issue to evaluate hepatitis B, C viruses-related immunity status in hospital workers. Materials and methods: The cross sectional study was conducted using retrospective methods. A total of 148 hospital workers participated in this study. Results: In our study, 97 hospital workers (66%) got total doses of hepatitis B virus vaccine and 51 hospital workers (34%) didn’t get total doses of hepatitis B virus vaccine. Among the 51 hospital workers, 39 (76%) had got first dose of hepatitis B virus vaccine and 12 (24%) had got second dose of hepatitis B virus vaccine. Among the totally immunized hospital workers of 97, 12 (38.4%) was immunized in a relatively high rate (10-99), 25 (25.3%) was immunized in a high rate (100-999) and 34 (34.3%) was immunized in a very high rate (1000<) Conclusion: The study showed that 66% of hospital workers had got complete immunity against hepatitis B virus. The study suggest that total doses of vaccination is more effective to prevent from hepatitis B virus.