Hepatitis B screening and vaccination: How does a Sexual Health service measure up?

Ruthy McIver; Amalie Dyda; Vickie Knight; Rebecca Guy; Anna McNulty

doi:10.1071/SH15061

Hepatitis B screening and vaccination: How does a Sexual Health service measure up?

Ruthy McIver^*, Amalie Dyda, Vickie Knight, Rebecca Guy, Anna McNulty

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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a vaccine-preventable disease. Sexual health clinics in New South Wales see a high caseload of populations at risk of HBV, and thus screening and vaccination are part of routine care. Uptake of screening and vaccination at Sydney Sexual Health Centre was assessed and it was found that among 1577 new patients with an elevated risk of HBV infection, 864 (55%) were potentially susceptible. Of those susceptible, the majority were screened (76%) and approximately one-third (35%) were found to be eligible for vaccination. The majority (83%) initiated vaccination. Of concern, however, is that incremental gaps between initiation and completion of the vaccine course resulted in an overall HBV vaccine coverage of 26% among those HBV susceptible.Journal

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	458-459
Number of pages	2
Journal	Sexual Health
Volume	12
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1071/SH15061
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

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