Attitude and Vaccination Status of Healthcare Workers against Hepatitis B Infection in a Teaching Hospital, Ethiopia

Table 4

Vaccination status and reason for not taking the vaccine among health professionals, AHMC, Ethiopia, in 2017.

Variables	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Ever screened for hepatitis B
Screened	118	30.4
Not screened	268	69.6
Vaccination for hepatitis B
Vaccinated	223	57.7
Not vaccinated	163	42.3
Vaccination dose
Once only (incomplete vaccination)	75	33.6
Received two doses (incomplete vaccination)	49	21.9
Three complete doses (fully vaccinated)	99	44.5
Complete vaccination status
Fully vaccinated	99	44.5
Incomplete vaccination	124	55.4
Have you been tested after full dose?
Tested for the vaccine effect	36	36.4
Not tested	63	63.8
Test result
Protected (anti-HB titer > 10 MIU/ml)	36	100
Reason for incomplete vaccination
Being busy	47	37.9
I feel I am protected	15	12.2
Forget it at all	28	22.6
Waiting for the next dose	34	27.3
Reason for not taking the vaccine
The vaccine was not available through government channels	59	36
The vaccine is very expensive for private access	67	41
I did not give it too much emphasis	42	26
The side effect would be worse	13	8
The duration of total dose is too long	25	15.4
Others	6	3.7

I do not think I am at risk, I never thought about it, or I have no reason.