A foster childâs return home is generally a planned activity, allowing the foster parent the opportunity to participate in the planning and to say good-bye to the foster child. This can be a difficult time, but the childâs return home represents a success. Returning home is the goal for most children in foster care.
Anti-HBs: Antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen is a marker of immunity. Its presence indicates an immune response to HBV infection, an immune response to vaccination, or the presence of passively acquired antibody.
A negative test for hepatitis B antigen only means that you are NOT a chronic carrier and DONT have acute hepatitis. It tells you nothing about your prior vaccination. If you want to know if you are immune (by vaccination or by prior infection), then you need to knwo what your hepatits B ANTIBODY status is.I'm sure your doctor did this test at the same time as the antigen test. If your hepatitis B antibody is also negative, youre not immune and need vaccination.If the antibody is positive, you are immune and dont need a vaccination.f you want to see if someone has been vaccinated you have to check hepatitis B SURFACE ANTIBODY, not the antigen. A positive antibody test means either you have had hepatitis B in the past and got over it. OR you have been vaccinated.