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Hello all,
I have a question specifically to those at research institutions who oversee larger animal care medical surveillance programs:
Animal care technicians and researchers working on animal protocols who are not otherwise clinically at risk for human blood/OPIM exposure would not typically be included in the group offered the Hepatitis B
vaccination. However, we are now seeing an increase in the expansion of animal protocols to in some cases include administration of human cells and/or viral vectors.
Do those of you who encounter this situation at your institution include animal care technicians and researchers working on these protocols in your Hepatitis B program and provide training on Blood/OPIM precautions
to them?
Thank you,
Lori Rolando, MD MPH FACOEM
Medical Director, Vanderbilt Health
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Asst. Medical Director, Vanderbilt Occupational Health Clinic
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