Bibliographic information
GuidelineResponding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women: WHO clinical and policy guidelines
Year of Publication2013
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
New
(Women survivors of sexual assault, Interventions during the first 5 days after the assault) Hepatitis B vaccination without hepatitis B immune globulin should be offered as per national guidelines.
- Take blood for hepatitis B status prior to administering
the first vaccine dose.
- If immune, no further course of vaccination is required.
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Very low