Impact of a nurse vaccination program on hepatitis B immunity in a Swiss HIV clinic

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Dec 15;58(5):472-4. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318237915e.

Abstract

We evaluated the impact of a nurse program for hepatitis B virus vaccination in a center from the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Immunity (anti-HBs >10 IU/mL) increased from 32% to 76% in the intervention center (n = 238) where vaccine management was endorsed by nurses, but only from 33% to 39% in control centers (n = 2712, P < 0.001) where management remained in charge of physicians. Immunity against HBV in the HIV population is insufficient in Switzerland. Specific nurse vaccination program may efficiently improve health care.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cohort Studies
  • HIV Infections / complications
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology*
  • Hepatitis B / complications
  • Hepatitis B / epidemiology
  • Hepatitis B / prevention & control*
  • Hepatitis B Vaccines / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunization Programs / methods*
  • Nurses*
  • Practice Patterns, Nurses' / statistics & numerical data
  • Switzerland / epidemiology
  • Vaccination / statistics & numerical data*

Substances

  • Hepatitis B Vaccines