2007-03-20 06:19:49 · 8 answers · asked by Sharon J 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
You normally get hep b for working with body fluids. Hep A is usually a holiday vaccine as its mostly spread through contaminated water!!
Occupational health will arrange these shots for you. Hep B is 3 injections over 6 months then a blood test to see you have enough immunity.
2007-03-20 06:28:07 · answer #1 · answered by mustlovedogs0 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Granting you have your antibodies for both hep done and is negative, yes you must have shots for hepatitis b only not a. Hep B could be transmitted through blood and as a future midwife you will be dealing with lots of exposure to blood during delivery. Hep A is usually food borne or from a contaminated water source. It is self limiting and dont have the complication of hep B. For best protection injection should be necessary for hep b but good handwashing, good and reliable source of food and water mostl likely will suffice for hep a. SO why suffer the pain of injection when simple handwashing could do the trick. Not to mention the cost for both.
But there are training institution who requires injection for both in that case you have no choice but to submit to both.
If your antibodies is postive for any of the heps then dont bother its just a waste of money you have the disease already in the past and it is suppose to provide you with lifelong immunity.
2007-03-20 06:28:27 · answer #2 · answered by BigBro Paul 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes to the Hep A I believe. As far as Hep B goes, it's usually not required but it's strongly recommended. The hospital I worked at didn't require us to have it but honestly when you're around so much blood and body fluids, it's probably not a bad idea. Better safe than sorry.
2007-03-20 06:23:48 · answer #3 · answered by sgtlambsonswife 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When my wife was a student nurse she had Hep B, don't recall Hep A.
2007-03-21 02:41:32 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know for a fact you need to get the hep b. but honestly i would get both just to be on the safe side.
2007-03-23 09:52:52 · answer #5 · answered by moore_256 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hep b yes as i had it as im a trainee midwife myself
2007-03-20 06:37:13 · answer #6 · answered by easty90210 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is going to be as much as the occupational well-being branch of the NHS have faith that run the well-being facility to organise this for you, no longer your interior of sight GP's surgical operation. as quickly as I joined the Ambulance provider it replace into an occupational well-being nurse working for the have faith that did each and every thing.
2016-10-19 04:21:52 · answer #7 · answered by lipton 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure that you do. Check with the health department.
2007-03-20 06:27:50 · answer #8 · answered by blondee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋