What information should the nurse coordinating an immunization program for health care workers and patients include?
A) Health care workers are at high risk for hepatitis B because of its airborne transmission.
B) Immunization against hepatitis B involves a series of two injections given 6 months apart.
C) The hepatitis B virus can't exist outside the body for more than a few minutes.
D) Hepatitis B immunization should be given to neonates before they leave the hospital.
Ans: D
Feedback: Neonates are given their first hepatitis B immunization before they leave the hospital and again at 1 and 6 months of age; immunization against hepatitis B is a series of 3 injections. Hepatitis B is transmitted through body fluids and can survive on environmental surfaces for more than 1 week. It can't be transmitted by air.
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