TY - JOUR AU - Ahmed, Hameed AU - Rauf, Muhammad Abdur AU - Farooqi, Javed Iqbal AU - Khan, Nauman AU - ., Saad AU - ., Imtiaz AU - Ali, Nasir AU - ., Aysha AU - ., Aman AU - Jan, Kashif AU - ., Zubair AU - Mola, Fazal -e- AU - Nawaz, Muhammad AU - Ahmad, Farooq AU - Rehman, Masood ur PY - 2011/08/16 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - STATUS AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS HEPATITIS 'B' VIRUS VACCINATION IN STAFF OF LADY READING HOSPITAL PESHAWAR JF - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute JA - J Postgrad Med Inst VL - 23 IS - 3 SE - Original Article DO - UR - https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/252 SP - AB - <em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><p>Objective: To know the attitude of the staff of Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar.</p><p>Material and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted among the staff of Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar in June 2008. A questionnaire, consisting of designation of respondent and questions regarding status of HBV vaccination, was distributed among the staff to be filled by the staff; in some cases, authors asked the questions directly and filled the questionnaire accordingly.</p><p>Results: Four hundred and eighty-three staff, including 314 males and 169 females were interviewed. Out of these, 317 (65.63 %) were immunized against hepatitis B virus whereas 166 (34.37 %) were not (p = &lt; 0.05). Among the vaccinated participants, 150 (47.32%) families were immunized whereas 21 (12.57%) families were immunized among the non immunized participants (p = &lt; 0.05). Frequency of immunization was highest in the teaching staff (96.55 %) and lowest in the canteen and security staff (10 %) (p = &lt;</p><p>0.05). The source of vaccination was mostly (87.5%) from hospital (p = &lt; 0.05).</p><p>Conclusion: Though 65.63% staff is vaccinated against hepatitis B virus in LRH Peshawar of NWFP, yet more aggressive and combined efforts are needed to vaccinate the 34.37% staff who is not protected.</p></span></em></span></em> ER -