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Improving Hepatitis B Vaccination Rates In Nephrology Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Qi Initiative, Jill Swanson

Nursing Posters

• Hepatitis B vaccination is an important health maintenance preventative measure for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)
• Prior to initiating dialysis, hepatitis B vaccination administration is proven to be more effective than waiting until patients begin dialysis treatments.
• Efficacy and immune response of the hepatitis B vaccine is greater when kidney function is greater
• To better improve hepatitis B vaccine administration among the CKD stage 4 population, education measures and Epic modifiers will be implemented to achieve change
• Nursing knowledge and hepatitis B vaccine administration will improve after implementation of these measures