"Prediction of Response to Hepatitis B Vaccine in Health Care Workers: Whose Titers of Antibody to Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Should Be Determined After a Three-dose Series, and What are the Implications in Term

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, "We identified the demographics of 385 health care workers (HCWs) to identify those whose chance of developing a protective response to a standard primary hepatitis B immunization series was so high that the need for testing for antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) would be obviated following immunization. In addition, using sensitivity analysis, we analyzed the economic consequences of not determining anti-HBs titers for any individual after primary immunization and of using the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-recommended post-hepatitis B exposure prophylaxis...

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