Assertion: hepatitis b's infant | /r/HasProperty | born to hbsag-positive mothers
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text: infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers; https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6439a6.htm
text: See DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION for recommended pediatric dosage and for recommended dosage for infants born to HBsAg positive mothers.
text: False positive (i.e., susceptible); past infection; “low-level” chronic infection§; passive transfer to infant born to HBsAg-positive mother – –
text: When should postvaccination testing be done in infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers?
text: For infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers, postvaccination testing should be performed 1–2 months after completion of ≥3 doses of a licensed hepatitis B vaccine series.
text: Infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers: 0.5 mL intramuscularly within 12 hours of birth PLUS hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG); test for HBsAg and antibody to HBsAg (anti-HBs) 1-2 months after completion of hepatitis B vaccination series, at age 9 through 18 months
text: Infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers are recommended to receive hepatitis B vaccine, along with hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) within 12 hours of birth.
text: Comment: Infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers should receive Hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) and the first dose of Hepatitis B vaccine within 12 hours of birth, followed by the second and third doses of vaccine at 1 and 6 months of age, respectively.
text: assure that health care practitioners, health care organizations, and perinatal HBV prevention programs have appropriate policies and procedures for active tracking and/or case-management of infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers;
text: The recommendations for vaccination of infants <2,000 grams (as well as infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers or mothers whose hepatitis B status is unknown) remain unchanged.
text: For infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers, postvaccination testing should be performed 1–2 months after completion of ≥3 doses of a licensed hepatitis B vaccine series (i.e., at age 9–12 months, generally at the next well-child visit).
text: In addition to infections occurring in childhood, CDC estimates that 20,000 (95% confidence interval, 15,000 to 32,000) infants are born to HBsAg positive mothers each year 5.
text: Hepatitis B Immune globulin is generally given where there is a known risk of infection, e.g. via needle stick injury or to new-born infants born to HBsAg positive mothers.