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Are there any side effects from the vaccine? <br />The most common side effect is soreness at the site of <br />injection. Illnesses, such as neurologic reactions, have <br />been reported after vaccine was given, but the HBV vaccine <br />is not believed to be the cause of these illnesses. As with <br />any drug or vaccine, there is a rare possibility that <br />allergic or more serious reactions could occur. Giving <br />hepatitis B vaccine to persons who are already immune or to <br />carriers will not increase the risk of side effects. <br />Summary of Hepatitis B Immunization Schedule <br />1PRE-EXPOSURE SCHEDULE! <br />----------I I ----------- <br />1st visit...... HBVac(hepatitis B vaccine) #1 <br />1 month after 1st dose .............. HBVac #2 <br />6 months after 1st dose ............. HBVac #3 <br />Booster ............ Not routinely recommended <br />-------------------------------------------- <br />The injection is given intramuscularly (IM); it is a 1.0 ml <br />dose for persons at least 20 years old <br />PRE -EXPOSURE VACCINATION PROCEDURE! <br />I i <br />1. Each employee at risk of exposure must read the HBV <br />information contained in the section on Infectious <br />Agents Transmitted by Blood, and the information pro- <br />vided above. <br />2. The employee must then give informed consent for <br />the HBV vaccine or decline in writing. <br />3. The pink form from the Public Health Department <br />must be completed (sample follows) requesting a test <br />for antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen <br />(anti -HBsAg). <br />4. Six ml of the employee's blood is then drawn into <br />a yellow -top vacutainer containing SST gel and clot <br />activator. (Additional blood may be drawn for -HBc <br />testing in the blood bank laboratory.) <br />5. Wrap the pink form around the SST tube and place in <br />a Public Health Dept mailing container. Give the con- <br />tainer to Distribution for delivery to the San Joaquin <br />Local Health District. <br />BIOSAFETY - HBVVAC - 0491 - PAGE 2 <br />