Documentation of Hepatitis B Immunity in Nursing Students.

Documentation of Hepatitis B Immunity in Nursing Students.
Nurs Educ Perspect. 2020 Sep 22;:
Authors: Elting JK
Abstract
Because of the risk of occupational exposure, preparation for nursing student clinical placement includes documentation of the hepatitis B immunization series. Requiring a hepatitis B antibody titer is less common. Immunity from the hepatitis B vaccine decreases over time, particularly for those immunized as infants. A record review of one nursing program that required both immunization and an antibody titer found 86 percent of students immunized as infants had low antibody levels, requiring reimmunization following 2013 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Nursing education programs that do not require antibody titers should reevaluate their policies to protect their students.
PMID: 32976219 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Nursing Education Perspectives - September 21, 2020 Category: Nursing Authors: Elting JK Tags: Nurs Educ Perspect Source Type: research