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An audit of outcomes from the first year of implementation of a super-accelerated hepatitis B vaccination schedule was performed. One hundred and sixteen patients commenced vaccination for hepatitis B in the study period. All notes were located and reviewed. In all, 72.4% of patients completed three vaccinations compared with 61.5% in an earlier period using the old schedule. Serological response for 39 patients was measured at approximately 12 weeks post commencement of vaccination. Of these 69.2% had mounted some serological response, 48.7% a good response. As expected, a faster vaccination schedule improves completion rates for the first three injections. Early serological responses are encouraging and comparable to published data for new schedule vaccination responses at 12 weeks.' It is anticipated that serological response will continue to improve over the year before a booster dose of hepatitis vaccination is due.
Author(s): Jones O, Sankar KN
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: International Journal of STD & AIDS
Year: 2005
Volume: 16
Issue: 9
Pages: 636-637
ISSN (print): 0956-4624
ISSN (electronic): 1758-1052
Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/0956462054944372
DOI: 10.1258/0956462054944372
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