Hep B Testing Chart

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.