Excellent news.
Will you be publishing the results?
Catherine Paget
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 20:12:46 +0100 Nick Manthorpe
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> Diane,
> As said in a recent e-mail I have taken up that challenge via a committee I
> am working with. New guidance will be available shortly.
> Sue Manthorpe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Occupational Health mailing list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of diane romano woodward
> Sent: 14 September 2003 10:17
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Hepatitis B (Yes again sorry) Students Nurses
>
>
> Wouldn't the whole topic of hepatitis B vaccination/ need injuries and what
> the different trusts/universities with clinical students around the UK are
> doing or advising be an interesting and useful bit of research for a
> (masters?) dissertation. Particularly if some guidance could be issued..and
> generally accepted.
> Anybody out there willing to take up the challenge? Any tutors there who
> could encourage a student to do it?
>
> If you are using Engerix B there is good information in the prescribing
> information.
>
> http://gskvaccines.com/vaccines/pages/adult_engerix.jsp?product=ENGERIXB_ADU
> LT
>
> page 3 immunogenicity in healthy adults and adolescents.
> Note that they consider seroconversion to be titre of greater than or equal
> to 10 mIu/mL
>
> Speaking of the young, the UK is about the only country in Europe
> /australasia/USA that doesn't vaccinate its adolescents against Hep B as
> part of a national recommendation. When you think of they types of
> "experimentation" that they get up to, it really makes a lot of sense to
> offer this.
> If everyone was vaccinated at school it would be a lot easier in the OH
> depts of health services...
> I have requested this for my 15 year old son and have been told I have to
> make an appointment with the GP to discuss. This is in spite of the fact
> that he has had heart surgery 3 times and been exposed to lots of peoples
> blood when they put him on bypass...as well as the possibility of being
> exposed from non immune, infective surgeons(it happens..)
>
> Diane
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gordon Main" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 8:14 AM
> Subject: Hepatitis B (Yes again sorry) Students Nurses
>
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > sorry to raise this subject again however therte seems to be some
> confusion
> > regarding at what stage of the Hepatitis B course is it safe to let
> student
> > nurses loose on the wards (if there ever is a safe time to let students
> > play with patients).
> >
> > My own view is that i would prefer students to have received the first two
> > at least. Infection control colleagues i have spoken to agree with this
> > but would love to here views from others in the NHS world of OH.
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Gordy
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