Bibliographic Info
GuidelineResponding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women: WHO clinical and policy guidelines
Year of Publication2013
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Updated
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Very low
(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.