[Vaccination against hepatitis B in patients with chronic renal failure--twenty years follow-up].

Aim: The efficacy of vaccination against hepatitis B was evaluated in patients with chronic renal failure from 4 dialysis units in 1988-2010.

Patients And Methods: Hepatitis B vaccination was started in 1 271 patients with chronic renal failure (606 female, 665 male). Patients received intramuscularly 3 doses of plasma-derived or since 1990, recombinant vaccine at the interval 0, 1 and 2 months for dialysis patients and 0, 1 and 6 months for pre-dialysis patients.