Thank You- Hep B Transmission to Health Care Workers

[rowens at trib.com]

With the Hep B vaccine it should have gone down a lot.I believe all health
care workers should receive the vaccine.Most hospitals seem to provide it to
employees free of charge.

Ruth



>Hello,

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>Thanks to all of you who responded with information on where to find stats

>on the number of health care workers who acquire Hep B. I found a great

>deal of very helpful info although somewhat contradictory. Some stats show

>that health care workers have a 0.5-1% chance of acquiring the disease

>(which is about the same risk to the general population), whereas others

>say that the risk to health care workers is about 15-30%. So I guess I

>will sort through the data and try to look at which values seem most

>reputable given the source and method of attaining those values.

>

>Thanks again to all.  Regards.

>

>Donna Alden

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