The same decision we reached in a private hospital group. Compliance is much better than with the standard course, and worth considering against the slight reduction in seroconversion of standard course, as documented in the green book.
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> On 26 Sep 2016, at 21:05, Jackie Thomas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I work in a large acute nhs trust and we undertake the rapid schedule for all staff.
> we found the majority of our staff did not return to have their 3rd hep b even with reminders from ourselves.
> Getting information from the Drug Companies found only a slight decrease in antibody response
> He decided to treat everybody the same in regard to all staff having the same hep b schedule as it would be easier to manage rather than giving various staff groups different schedules.
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> In reality worked very well, have an excellent uptake of the vaccines now including the 4th dose. We still do titre levels at 8 weeks after the 3rd vaccine to ensure we know what we are working with.
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