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Immunizations                                                                  

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At-risk for HBV

  • MSM
  • IVDU
  • multiple sex partners/sexually active but not in a monogamous relationship
  • HIV(+) persons
  • people with recent STI
  • exposure to infected wounds or needles (healthcare workers, public safety/institution personnel)
  • clients at institutions for developmentally disabled
  • inmates at long term correctional facilities
  • household contacts/sexual partners of HBsAg(+) people
  • people on hemodialysis or those who may soon require it
  • patients who receive certain blood products
  • people who travel to high-risk areas
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    Immunization Action Coalition. Summary of recommendations for adult immunization: item no. P2011. St. Paul (MN): Immunization Action Coalition; 2007. Available from: http://www.immunize.org (Search for Summary of recommendations for adult immunization)