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Abstract Acute and chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a leading cause of liver disease worldwide. It is estimated that approximately 350 million people worldwide have chronic HBV infection and that 1 million persons die each year from HBV-related chronic liver disease. Among healthcare workers, seroprevalence of HBV is two to four times higher than that of general population. Vaccination against hepatitis B prevents not only the morbidity and mortality due to acute viral disease, but also chronic hepatitis B and its ultimately fatal complications. This study was a cross sectional one where 100 HCWs working in departments of surgery (all branches), obstetric & gynecology, internal medicine, intensive care unit, pediatrics, clinical pathology and blood bank in three district hospitals in Menoufiya governorate, Egypt, were subjected to a questionnaire including the personal data, present and past history of diseases specially viral hepatitis B and chronic diseases, history of blood transfusion, history of dental procedures, history of operations, history of vaccination considering the schedule and the time past since the last dose, questions to assess their knowledge, attitudes and practices toward hepatitis B infection and vaccination and toward blood born pathogens infection control procedures as wearing the gloves, recapping of the used syringes, hand washing, etc. |