Should healthcare workers who received three doses of the hepatitis B vaccine in childhood receive additional doses?

Healthcare workers vaccinated against HBV in childhood typically maintain immunity without additional booster doses, provided initial antibody response was adequate. Booster doses may be needed if anti-HBs levels fall below protective thresholds.

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healthcare workers, childhood vaccination, public health, booster doses, vaccination, immunization, infectious diseases, hepatitis B vaccine, long-term immunity, vaccine policy

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