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Impact of a nurse vaccination program on hepatitis B immunity in a Swiss HIV clinic


Boillat-Blanco, Noémie; Probst, A; Da Costa, V W; Giulieri, S; Bernasconi, E; Calmy, A; Elzi, L; Rauch, A; Weber, R; Bertisch, B; Cavassini, M; Bochud, P Y (2011). Impact of a nurse vaccination program on hepatitis B immunity in a Swiss HIV clinic. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 58(5):472-474.

Abstract

We evaluated the impact of a nurse program for hepatitis B virus vaccination in a center from the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Immunity (anti-HBs >10 IU/mL) increased from 32% to 76% in the intervention center (n = 238) where vaccine management was endorsed by nurses, but only from 33% to 39% in control centers (n = 2712, P < 0.001) where management remained in charge of physicians. Immunity against HBV in the HIV population is insufficient in Switzerland. Specific nurse vaccination program may efficiently improve health care.

Abstract

We evaluated the impact of a nurse program for hepatitis B virus vaccination in a center from the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Immunity (anti-HBs >10 IU/mL) increased from 32% to 76% in the intervention center (n = 238) where vaccine management was endorsed by nurses, but only from 33% to 39% in control centers (n = 2712, P < 0.001) where management remained in charge of physicians. Immunity against HBV in the HIV population is insufficient in Switzerland. Specific nurse vaccination program may efficiently improve health care.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Infectious Diseases
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > Infectious Diseases
Health Sciences > Pharmacology (medical)
Language:English
Date:2011
Deposited On:02 Mar 2012 21:22
Last Modified:23 Jan 2022 21:37
Publisher:Lippincott Wiliams & Wilkins
ISSN:1525-4135
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e318237915e
PubMed ID:21963937
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