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        <journal-title>British Journal of Medical and Health Research</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">BJMHR</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2394-2967</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">BJMHR0306009</article-id>
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        <article-title>Awareness and status of Hepatitis B vaccination among health care workers in a tertiary care centre of North India</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Debbarma</surname>
            <given-names>Madhumita</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Gogoi</surname>
            <given-names>Sanjib</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Jais</surname>
            <given-names>Manoj</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Kaur</surname>
            <given-names>Ravinder</given-names>
          </name>
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      <aff id="aff1">Department of Microbiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi: 110001. Phone no 8860928782.</aff>
      <aff id="aff2">Department of Microbiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi: 110001.</aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2016-06-01">
        <month>06</month>
        <day>01</day>
        <year>2016</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>3</volume>
      <issue>6</issue>
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        <p>Introduction: Hepatitis B infection is the most transmissible blood borne infection and also a  vaccine preventable disease. Health care worker (HCWs) are at increasing risk of acquiring Hepatitis B infection (10-30%). This study aims to estimate the awareness regarding various aspects of hepatitis B vaccination such as vaccination status, protective antibody titre and the prevalence of hepatitis B infection). Materials and method: Study included 400 HCWs (250 doctors, 100 nurses, and 50 technicians) of Lady Hardinge Medical College &amp; Associated Hospitals, New Delhi. A self structured pretested questionnaire was used as a tool in the study. The level of awareness was graded (adequate, fairly adequate and inadequate) on the basis of their knowledge. Blood samples were collected from all the participants &amp; subjected to ELISA test for detection of Hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) and estimation of anti Hepatitis B antibody titer (anti HBs Ab) titre.  Results: 34.4% doctors, 18% nurses and 4% technicians had overall adequate awareness level regarding various aspects of Hepatitis B vaccination. The difference between adequate awareness level among all the three groups of HCWs were significant (P </p>
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        <kwd>Awareness</kwd>
        <kwd>Health care workers (HCWs)</kwd>
        <kwd>Hepatitis B vaccination</kwd>
        <kwd>AntiHbsAb.</kwd>
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