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Health care providers’ knowledge, practices, and barriers to hepatitis vaccination guidelines
Ghaswalla, P., Davis, K., Sweeney, C., Davenport, E., Trofa, A., Herrera-restrepo, O., & Buck, P. O. (2022). Health care providers’ knowledge, practices, and barriers to hepatitis vaccination guidelines. Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 18(4), 403-410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2021.12.028
We administered an online survey to 400 health care providers (HCPs) to evaluate knowledge and self reported practices regarding hepatitis A (HepA)/hepatitis B (HepB) vaccination. Most HCPs (73%) were familiar with the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; 89% and 90% reported adhering to the guidelines always/most of the time for HepA and HepB, respectively. Self-reported adherence to guidelines varied across specialties, with nurse practitioners reporting the highest adherence rate of 94%. Survey results, including perceived barriers, reasons for not stocking vaccines, and predictors of adherence to and familiarity with guidelines, may inform strategies to improve compliance with hepatitis vaccination recommendations.(c) 2022 GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals S.A. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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