Status of Hepatitis B Vaccination among Health Care Workers & Professionals in Two Hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract

Healthcare Workers have a high risk of occupational exposure to many blood-borne diseases including HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C viral infections of these Hepatitis B is not only the most transmissible infection, but also the only one that is preventable by vaccination.This study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of Hepatitis B virus infection in healthcare workers (HCWs) employed at the Lahore general hospital and Gulab Devi hospital Lahore.