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Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Last Reviewed: January 2018
Workgroups: Immunization and Infectious Diseases Workgroup
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends:
- Universal hepatitis B vaccination within 24 hours of birth for medically stable infants
- Hepatitis B testing for pregnant women who test positive for the hepatitis B antigen
- Postvaccination blood testing for infants whose mother’s hepatitis B status will be unknown for the foreseeable future (e.g., when a parent with custody surrenders an infant after birth)
- Single-dose revaccination for infants whose mothers test positive for the hepatitis B antigen and don’t respond to the initial vaccine series
- Vaccination of people with chronic liver disease
- Removal of language in the recommendations that seems permissive of delaying infant vaccination until after hospital discharge
This report merges and updates previous recommendations for preventing hepatitis B in the United States.
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Suggested Citation
Schillie S, Vellozzi C, Reingold A, et al. (2018). Prevention of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/rr/rr6701a1.htm