A nurse is providing education to an immunocompromised patient who has just received hepatitis B immune globulin. Which statement by the patient best demonstrates understanding of the hepatitis B immune globulin?
a. "The antibodies provide immediate protection."
b. "It will take several months for my immune system to respond to the antibodies."
c. "Active immunity will develop in several weeks."
d. "Immunity will begin in 3 to 7 days and last indefinitely."
A
The passive immunity of the hepatitis B immune globulin protects the body immediately.
The immune system responds to the antibodies immediately. It does not take several months for a response to develop.
Immune globulin is passive, not active, immunity.
The passive immunity protects the body immediately but persists only as long as the antibodies remain in the body.
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