Hep B: The Last One!!

As always, the band-aids are interesting enough to cause people to giggle/stare at me like I'm a retard.

Hep B: Part 2

Did I already tell you guys about Hep B immunization being done in 3(!) parts?
So today I was subjected to a good skewering with needles and stiff muscles afterwards. I also got a cute stickie again.

I was also supposed to be subjected to a mantoux test for tuberculosis, but seeing as my parents were born in Asia, they decided to go with something else. (This was apparently because I've had a BCG vaccination in the past. The BCG apparently messes up the results of the mantoux screening.)

Hep B

Doctors at the teaching hospital probably thought med students were cute, so they gave us a kiddies bandaid after our first Hep B vaccination.
One way or another, it did bring a smile to my face.

In the Netherlands, medical personnel must get a Hep B vaccination. Three of them, even.
Several weeks after the 3rd and final vaccination, we'll have our blood tested for the amount of antibodies. If 10mIU per mL gives a human lifelong protection, medical personnel must have a blood titer of 100mIU per mL. That way, we'll never get to infect a patient.