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Ttt of needle injury with hepatitis b
Im pediatrician 43 years old male taken hep b vaccine 5 years back 3 doses recently i got need injury 2 weeks back from one child with +ve hep b envelope taken immunoglobulin
may hep b s antibodies titer 366
its need to take boster dose or not?
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Dr. Pratyush Kumar Mishra
General Physician
14 yrs exp
Patna
Hi,
You don't need a booster dose as there is not any immunocompromised state and your anti HBsAg level is sufficient.
But you should get investigated for hepatitis C and HIV now, 6 weeks 3 month and at 6 months. Post exposure prophylaxis is recommended after needle stick injury.
Best wishes.
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