lvbnhome Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in SEVA Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Just my opinion: Hep B vax for babies? No. Hep B vax for an adult going to nursing school? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Hep B vax for an adult going to nursing school? Yes.:iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Yes. (Yes to babies getting the vax too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthwestMom Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Heck yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Yes. It's probably mandatory anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 A personal anecdote: I went to a medical school that was very progressive in vaccinating its students, and our class was the first to receive the Hep B vaccine. Fast forward 6 years-I was a third year resident, 9 months pregnant with my first son, and got a deep needle stick, through a glove, with blood from a patient I knew had chronic hepatitis B. Thank goodness I had been vaccinated! I wouldn't consider nursing with being vax'd for hepatitis B. There's a lot of it out there in the community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oney Jones Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Yes, because of the risk of a needle stick or other exposure. I got called in one time by the base clinic for a bunch of medical tests because the technician who'd given me a flu shot accidentally stuck himself while going to dispose of the needle. I didn't have Hep B or HIV or any other blood borne disease but plenty of folks out there are infected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticamethyst Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Yes, here in Texas it's mandatory before you can enter into the nursing progarm, yes for babies as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lilreds in NC Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Yes for being a nurse. Although he received the first one in the hospital when I was on really good drugs after my c-section and didn't really realize what they were doing, I chose not to continue them with Schmooey because I wanted to do a somewhat delayed vax schedule with him. Our ped said I could drop that one, and she told me that it was originally developed to deal with the rising rate of Hep B in sexually active teens. They tried giving it to teens, it didn't work, so now they give it to babies. :glare: I know it's not only a sexually transmitted disease, but that is the way my ped explained it to me when telling me why I could skip that one with Schmooey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 DD is in paramedic school and it is a state law requirement for medical professionals. She can't work in the profession without it - though there is a waiver form - no one will hire her without the vaccine and the paramedic program won't accept students without it. DD has severe vaccine reactions as in Life THREATENING. So, she gets vaccinated at the hospital and then we wait in the ER for the fun to begin. Fevers over 106, heart rates over 150, blood pressure that plummets after that, etc. It's a harrowing experience for us but she is determined to go into the medical profession and absolutely no facility in our area will hire without the vaccine. Next week she gets her last in the series. They have allowed us to spread them out more than most because of her reactions. That said, I think for those who don't respond the way dd does, they are a good idea. Not for infants but given what medical personnel are exposed to, I think it is wise and this is coming from someone that has not let her other children have the Hep vaccine. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mombygrace Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Most definitely yes. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolally Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 I wouldn't give it to my babies, but if I were going into the healthcare profession, YES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Heck yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 CDC The annual number of occupational infections has decreased 95% since hepatitis B vaccine became available in 1982, from >10,000 in 1983 to <400 in 2001. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjbeach Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 (edited) Definitely.But won't give to my kiddos young. Said as a nurse who was stuck 2 times. The first time I had to go through the whole immunoglubulin shots as well, post-stick. My series wasn't complete when I was stuck. :001_huh: Lovely. No matter HOW careful and how foolprooof the equipment is.. things happen. I was closing a self contained vacutainer system in a patient's home (home IVs) and the back end/the blunt stuck me (somehow my thumb slipped when I was collapsing it and it went my glove into my fiinger. And the patient had Hep C). Just peachy. Edited June 8, 2010 by cjbeach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in the NH Woods Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Our dd needed it before she entered nursing school. She also had to be immune to rubella, which in her case meant being re-vaccinated despite being vaccinated in childhood for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 As far as I know, its a requirement to being in the course here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvbnhome Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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