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Hepatitis A and hepatitis B infection risk among employees at schools for disabled pupils
Aim of this project was to assess occupational biological hazards with regard to the risk of hepatitis A (HAV) and hepatitis B (HBV) and the need for occupational health care in schools for pupils with special needs. Teachers and educational specialists were surveyed about activities potentially pro...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9691746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36424401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24579-7 |
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author | Lang, Felix Schoene, Klaus Goessler, Felix Rose, Dirk-Matthias Kegel, Peter |
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description | Aim of this project was to assess occupational biological hazards with regard to the risk of hepatitis A (HAV) and hepatitis B (HBV) and the need for occupational health care in schools for pupils with special needs. Teachers and educational specialists were surveyed about activities potentially providing exposure to biological agents and their individual immune status regarding HAV and HBV by a detailed questionnaire. Descriptive analyses, group comparisons and logistic regression were performed to identify factors influencing the HAV and HBV immune status. 1398 teachers and educational specialists took part. 1381 respondents reported having physical contact with pupils at work (98%). Daily contact was reported by up to 84% of all employees. Being scratched, bitten or spat at was reported by up to 93%. Hazardous activities are performed by both teachers and educational specialists. The vaccination rate was reported to be 58% for HAV and 64% for HBV. In regression analyses, failing to receive vaccine counselling [HAV: aOR 0.36 (95% CI 0.28; 0.46; p < 0.001), HBV: aOR 0.43 (95% CI 0.33; 0.55; p < 0.001)] or non-participation in infection prevention instruction [HBV: aOR 0.54 (95% CI 0.39; 0.75; p < 0.001)] were found to be significant predictors of low vaccination rates. Employees who are at risk due to occupational exposure should be instructed about infection prevention and vaccination against HAV and HBV. |
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spelling | pubmed-96917462022-11-26 Hepatitis A and hepatitis B infection risk among employees at schools for disabled pupils Lang, Felix Schoene, Klaus Goessler, Felix Rose, Dirk-Matthias Kegel, Peter Sci Rep Article Aim of this project was to assess occupational biological hazards with regard to the risk of hepatitis A (HAV) and hepatitis B (HBV) and the need for occupational health care in schools for pupils with special needs. Teachers and educational specialists were surveyed about activities potentially providing exposure to biological agents and their individual immune status regarding HAV and HBV by a detailed questionnaire. Descriptive analyses, group comparisons and logistic regression were performed to identify factors influencing the HAV and HBV immune status. 1398 teachers and educational specialists took part. 1381 respondents reported having physical contact with pupils at work (98%). Daily contact was reported by up to 84% of all employees. Being scratched, bitten or spat at was reported by up to 93%. Hazardous activities are performed by both teachers and educational specialists. The vaccination rate was reported to be 58% for HAV and 64% for HBV. In regression analyses, failing to receive vaccine counselling [HAV: aOR 0.36 (95% CI 0.28; 0.46; p < 0.001), HBV: aOR 0.43 (95% CI 0.33; 0.55; p < 0.001)] or non-participation in infection prevention instruction [HBV: aOR 0.54 (95% CI 0.39; 0.75; p < 0.001)] were found to be significant predictors of low vaccination rates. Employees who are at risk due to occupational exposure should be instructed about infection prevention and vaccination against HAV and HBV. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9691746/ /pubmed/36424401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24579-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Lang, Felix Schoene, Klaus Goessler, Felix Rose, Dirk-Matthias Kegel, Peter Hepatitis A and hepatitis B infection risk among employees at schools for disabled pupils |
title | Hepatitis A and hepatitis B infection risk among employees at schools for disabled pupils |
title_full | Hepatitis A and hepatitis B infection risk among employees at schools for disabled pupils |
title_fullStr | Hepatitis A and hepatitis B infection risk among employees at schools for disabled pupils |
title_full_unstemmed | Hepatitis A and hepatitis B infection risk among employees at schools for disabled pupils |
title_short | Hepatitis A and hepatitis B infection risk among employees at schools for disabled pupils |
title_sort | hepatitis a and hepatitis b infection risk among employees at schools for disabled pupils |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9691746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36424401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24579-7 |
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