Knowledge of Hepatitis B Virus Infection, Immunization with Hepatitis B Vaccine, Risk Perception, and Challenges to Control Hepatitis among Hospital Workers in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital

Table 6

Challenges to control of hepatitis B infection among health workers.

Challenges	Frequency ()	%
Inappropriate hospital policy	350	91.6
Poor orientation of new health workers	290	75.9
Low risk perception	285	74.6
Poor knowledge	124	32.5
Poor implementation of hospital policy	112	29.3
Fear of side effects of vaccine/injection	85	22.3

Multiple response.