STATUS AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS HEPATITIS 'B' VIRUS VACCINATION IN STAFF OF LADY READING HOSPITAL PESHAWAR

Objective: to know the attitude of the staff of lady reading hospital, peshawar.material and methods: this descriptive study was conducted among the staff of lady reading hospital, peshawar in june 2008. a questionnaire, consisting of designation of respondent and questions regarding status of hbv vaccination, was distributed among the staff to be filled by the staff; in some cases, authors asked the questions directly and filled the questionnaire accordingly.results: four hundred and eighty-three staff, including 314 males and 169 females were interviewed. out of these, 317 (65.63 %) were immunized against hepatitis b virus whereas 166 (34.37 %) were not (p = < 0.05). among the vaccinated participants, 150 (47.32%) families were immunized whereas 21 (12.57%) families were immunized among the non immunized participants (p = < 0.05). frequency of immunization was highest in the teaching staff (96.55 %) and lowest in the canteen and security staff (10 %) (p = <0.05). the source of vaccination was mostly (87.5%) from hospital (p = < 0.05).conclusion: though 65.63% staff is vaccinated against hepatitis b virus in lrh peshawar of nwfp, yet more aggressive and combined efforts are needed to vaccinate the 34.37% staff who is not protected