6
MONTHS
NAME OF TEST
NO IMMUNITY
IMMUNITY TO HEP B
IMMUNITY TO HEP B
NO INFECTION
FROM SUCCESSFUL
FROM A RESOLVED
YOU COULD STILL GET HEP B
VACCINATION
HEP B INFECTION IN THE PAST
HEP B VACCINATION
YOU CAN’T GET HEP B
ENCOURAGE TESTING OF
TALK TO LIVER CLINIC/
RECOMMENDED.
YOU WON’T EVER NEED A
FAMILY / SEXUAL PARTNERS
SPECIALIST ABOUT FURTHER
BOOSTER VACCINATION
/ HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS.
TESTS AND MONITORING.
CURRENT INFECTION YOU HAVE HEP B
HEP B SURFACE ANTIGEN (HBsAg) THIS TEST SHOWS WHETHER A PERSON HAS A CURRENT HEP B INFECTION HEP B CORE ANTIBODY (anti-HBc) THIS TEST SHOWS WHETHER A PERSON HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO HEP B EITHER RECENTLY OR IN THE PAST HEP B SURFACE ANTIBODY (anti-HBs) THIS TEST SHOWS WHETHER A PERSON HAS IMMUNITY TO HEP B
RECOMMENDATION
AND HAVE IMMUNITY TO
ENCOURAGE TESTING OF
HEP B FOR LIFE.
FAMILY / SEXUAL PARTNERS / HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS.