Knowledge regarding Hepatitis B among staff nurses

Awareness, Attitude and Vaccination Status Regarding Hepatitis B among Staff Nurses of a Teaching Hospital in North India

Background: Hepatitis B is a well-documented occupational hazard for health care workers, including both doctor and paramedical personals. Vaccination is the best way by which one can arm oneself against Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The present study was conducted to assess awareness, attitude and vaccination status of staff nurses of a teaching hospital in north India. Materials and Meth...

Awareness regarding hepatitis B immunization among preclinical Indian dental students

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), a DNA virus with a human-only reservoir, is a worldwide public health problem. Approximately 45.0% of the world’s population is considered to live in areas of high endemicity with a lifetime risk of infection of more than 60.0%. The present study aimed to assess the level of understanding and awareness about Hepatitis B immunization among the first a...

Knowledge and Practice on Partogram among Staff Nurses

The study was aimed to assess the knowledge and practice on Partogram among staff nurses in Mahatma Gandhi Medical College And Research Institute at Pondicherry. Non-experimental descriptive design was used .30 Staff nurses were selected as samples by random Sampling Method. A structured questionnaire on knowledge, and checklist for practice was administered to assess the knowledge. The major f...

Risk of hepatitis B acquisition among hospital staff.

Does clinical experience affect knowledge regarding hepatitis-B among male medical students at a private university?

OBJECTIVE To assess the knowledge of male medical students about Hepatitis-B in their preclinical and clinical years and to investigate the self reported vaccination status of these students. METHODS In the year of 2007, 187 male students of Isra University Hyderabad Sindh Pakistan were selected by convenient sampling and surveyed with a self reported questionnaire comprising of questions reg...