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Infection Control and Employee Health: Marketing a Hepatitis B Vaccine Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

William M. Valenti ,
Rose Haas  and
Mary Ellen Beideman
William M. Valenti
Affiliation:
Employee Health Service and Infection Control Program, Lehigh Valley Hospital Center, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Rose Haas*
Affiliation:
Employee Health Service and Infection Control Program, Lehigh Valley Hospital Center, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Mary Ellen Beideman
Affiliation:
Employee Health Service and Infection Control Program, Lehigh Valley Hospital Center, Allentown, Pennsylvania
*
Employee Health Service and Infection Control Program, Lehigh Valley Hospital Center, Allentown, PA 18100
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Viral hepatitis B is one of the major concerns of today's healthcare workers. Of the 100,000 Americans infected each year, 5% to 10% of them are employed in healthcare professions. For every 500 identified high-risk personnel, as many as 50 could become infected with hepatitis B virus. Every hospital should have procedures in writing for pre- and post-exposure prevention of hepatitis B.

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 7 , Issue 6 , June 1986 , pp. 339 - 341
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1986

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