Figure 1. Economic analysis of post-exposure management for hepatitis B among health care workers, victims of accidents with biological material, vaccinated against hepatitis B (3 doses) and anti-HBs at the time of the accident, considering the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Goiânia, GO, Brazil, 2006-2016.

^*HCW = Health Care Worker; ^†anti-HBs = Antibody against hepatitis B virus surface antigen; ^‡US$ = Conversion rate: 1 US$=3,26 in 07/15/2016; ^§HBsAg = Surface antigen for hepatitis B; ^||IGHAHB = Immunoglobulin hyper-immune for hepatitis B