Hepatitis B virus infection: seroprevalence, knowledge, attitude and practice among healthcare workers at Abu-Salim trauma hospital, Tripoli-Libya.

Key Points

• The research aimed to assess the prevalence of HBV infection and evaluate knowledge, attitude, and practices among healthcare workers.
• Conducted a KAP assessment among healthcare workers at Abu-Salim trauma hospital.
• Measured seroprevalence of HBV infection.
• Evaluated knowledge, attitude, and practice levels related to HBV.
• Found low prevalence of past HBV infection among participants.
• Approximately 50% of participants were unvaccinated against HBV.
• KAP assessment indicated insufficient knowledge, weakly positive attitude, and good adherence to safe practices.

Abstract