TY - JOUR T1 - Determination of Anti-HBS Titre Mean Induced by Hepatitis B Vaccine among Health Care Workers in Firoozgar Hospital in Tehran TT - تعیین میانگین تیتر Anti-HBS ایجاد شده در کارکنان بهداشتی دریافت کننده واکسن هپاتیت B در بیمارستان فیروزگر شهر تهران JF - RJMS JO - RJMS VL - 11 IS - 43 UR - http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-75-en.html Y1 - 2004 SP - 789 EP - 795 KW - Key Words: 1) Hepatitis B Virus 2) Anti-HBs Antibody N2 - Hepatitis B virus(HBV) is a major cause of viral hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer worldwide and it is estimated to cause one million death worldwide annually. This virus is the second hazardous carcinogen in the world after smoking. According to WHO report 37% of the people in the world are infected by HBV. Healthcare workers(HCWs) are one of the high risk groups in affecting and transmission of Hepatitis B(HB) and also there is high probability of HBV transmission from HCWs to general population. The best way of preventing hepatitis B is three-dose vaccination schedule. Thus, we decided to determine Anti-HBs titer among HCWs in Firoozgar Hospital in Tehran. In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 102 HCWs of Firoozgar Hospital including faculty members, residents, interns, students, nurses and clerks were selected and enrolled through convenience sampling. All participants had to complete three-dose vaccination schedule. After blood sampling the samples were transferred to Firoozgar Hospital labarotary. Checklist was consisted of age, sex, marriage status, occupational group, history of smoking and alcohol abuse, chronic renal and hepatic failure, diabetes, marriage age and duration after the last dose of vaccine. Statistical analysis was done with SPSS 11.5 software. Some statistical tests such as t, Chi2, Levene’s KS, one way ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient were also used. Frequency, mean, SD and SEM indexes were applied to report statistical information. P M3 ER -