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Needle stick !? What shall i do with hbv !?

Hello everyone

I get stick by insulin pen needle today while i am in my friend house. I asked him about his state but he it been long time since he last tested almost 2 years. I called him to do the test and he said i am out of the town and I might cone back after a week or so .

So i went to privet clinic and i done hiv - hbv ag/ab - hcv tests

And here is my results

Hbs ag - Nagtive
Hbs ab 105 U/l  immune

So I remember i took the hbv vaccine last year in the middle of October but I just took one dose and I couldn't complete the course because i went back to my country .

So please answer my questions

Am i immune against HBV !?
What shall i do now !?

( I just had 1 dose last year and I didn't completed the course)

So is my hbs ab 105 U\I will protect me if my friend needle had the HBV !?

Shall i take the second dose now !?
Do i have to take the HSBG or just the HBV vaccine alone !?


Many thanks
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Don't worry you ate immunized against hbv more than 10uiis protected
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Thank you again mate and i am sorry to keep asking and hopefully you will not get mad of me

My hbs ab result 105 U/I

And in the internet they measure the hbv titer with UI/I unit

Also you said in your lab 10-100 considered protective but in which unit
U/I or UI/I !?

Sorry i am not good in mathematics but is there any different !?

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in my lab levels 10-100 is considered as protective but low so renew it cuz you don't know when it'll drop below 10
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Thank you mate for quick replay

I did read in some articles in the internet

And there is some saying

If the u/l more than 10 so there is protection
If it less so you have no protection

So I just want to know

Do i have to take the vaccine alone or do i have to take HBIG with it !?

Because i am afraid if my friend has HBV and his needle already stick my in this morning!?

Thanks again
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105 is low level of antibodies but should be protective. You should renew your vaccacine definatelly anyway.
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