AN OVERVIEW OF THE IMMUNITY OF HEALTH WORKERS AFTER COVID-19 VACCINATIONS

Abstract

Introduction: Health workers currently have a very important role in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, the need for vaccines to prevent and reduce the spread of Covid-19 among health workers needs to be increased along with the decline in antibody titers after the vaccine, it is necessary to give a booster vaccine of three doses to health workers based on the recommendation of Komite Penasihat Ahli Imunisasi Nasional (ITAGI). This research aims to determine the description of the immunity of health workers after the Covid-19 vaccination. Methodology : The research method is a cross sectional study and statistical descriptive data analysis, the research sample was taken by quota sampling technique on 30 health workers who had received a minimum of the second dose of vaccine. Anti-SARS-CoV2 antibody titers were measured using the SARS CoV-2 IgG ELISA Quantitative diagnostic kit. Research findings : The results showed that the average antibody titers of health workers who received the third dose of vaccine were higher than those who received the second dose of vaccine. The majority of respondents in this study were in the age group 19-30 years, women, received the sinovac vaccine, received the second dose of vaccine and experienced KIPI symptoms.