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| Give Hepatitis B Vaccine at Birth to All Babies |
| Approximately 20,000 women with chronic hepatitis B give birth in the
United States each year. Tragically, many babies are exposed to HBV at birth and do not receive proper
post-exposure prophylaxis. IAC surveyed hepatitis coordinators in every state about the importance of providing hepatitis B vaccine in the hospital. Their responses included many examples of infants who were unprotected or inadequately protected due to errors by health care providers, clinic staff, hospital staff, and laboratories. Because thimerosal has been removed from all pediatric hepatitis B vaccine in the United States, concerns about thimerosal should no longer be an obstacle for practitioners in enacting a universal birth dose policy. |
| 7/06 |
AAP Endorsed Policy Statement: A
Comprehensive Immunization Strategy to Eliminate Transmission of
Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States Authors: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Source: Pediatrics, July 2006, Vol. 118:404 http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;118/1/404 |
| 12/23/05 |
A Comprehensive Immunization Strategy to
Eliminate Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United
States. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP). Part 1: Immunization of Infants, Children and
Adolescents. Source: MMWR, December 23, 2005, Vol. 54(RR-16):1-39 www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5416.pdf |
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Dear Colleague Letter: Universal Infant
Hepatitis B Vaccination Should Begin At Birth, January 18, 2006 Authors: Lance Rodewald and John Ward Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.immunize.org/acip/HBVinfant_dearcolleague.pdf |
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| General Information |
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Hepatitis B shots are recommended for all
new babies (brochure) Source: Immunization Action Coalition www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4110.pdf |
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Perinatal Hepatitis B Information and
Resources Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HBV/PerinatalXmtn.htm |
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Estimated Vaccination Coverage for
Hepatitis B Vaccine among Children from Birth to 2 Days of Age by State
and Immunization Action Plan Area, National Immunization Survey, 2005 Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/Partners/PeriHepBCoord.htm |
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Protect your baby for life from hepatitis
B (brochure) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/Resources/OrderPubs/Patient/ProtectBabyHepB_Eng.pdf |
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Hepatitis B and Moms-to-be Source: Asian Liver Center at Stanford University, July 2006 Brochure in English, Chinese http://liver.stanford.edu/Public/brochures.html |
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Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention, Program
Manual (2009) Source: Michigan Department of Community Health www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-2942_4911_4914_6385_42526---,00.html |
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Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention, Program
Manual 2006 New York State Department of Health www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/hepatitis/docs/hepb_manual.pdf |
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Your patient is relying on YOU to protect
her baby from hepatitis B (brochure for physicians) Source: Ohio Department of Health Immunization Program www.immunize.org/birthdose/ohio_hepb.pdf |
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Living with chronic hepatitis B Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/Resources/OrderPubs/Patient/LivingWithChronicHepB_Eng.pdf |
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Prevention of Perinatal and Childhood
Hepatitis B Virus Infections Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Format: Microsoft PowerPoint Size: 21 slides, 1.58 MB www.cdc.gov/vaccines/ed/ciinc/specialtopics/downloads/Feb_06_HepB_JC.ppt Format: Word script www.cdc.gov/nip/ed/ciinc/powerpoint/02_06_HepB/ScriptThursLJC.doc |
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Preventing Hepatitis B Virus Infections Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Format: Microsoft PowerPoint Size: 27 slides, 465 KB www.cdc.gov/nip/ed/ciinc/powerpoint/02_06_HepB/HepB_SAW.ppt |
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Estimated Vaccination Coverage for
Hepatitis B Vaccine Among Children from Birth to 2 Days of Age by State
and Immunization Action Plan Area Source: National Immunization Survey, 2003 www.cdc.gov/nip/coverage/NIS/03/tab36_hepb_birth02_iap.htm |
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Importance of the hepatitis B vaccine
birth dose (do not delay until 2 mos of age) An open letter to CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Author: Deborah L. Wexler, MD, Executive Director Source: Immunization Action Coalition www.immunize.org/birthdose/hepbbirthdose.pdf |
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It's time to reaffirm the importance of
the birth dose recommendation! An open letter from the Immunization Action Coalition to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the Committee on Infectious Diseases, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP); American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP); and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Author: Deborah L. Wexler, MD, Executive Director Source: Immunization Action Coalition www.immunize.org/birthdose/importance.pdf www.immunize.org/birthdose/importance.htm |
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States Report Hundreds of Medical Errors
in Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Source: Teresa A. Anderson, DDS, MPH; Deborah L. Wexler, MD www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2062.pdf |
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HIPAA and Perinatal Hepatitis B
Prevention Source: CDC Office of General Counsel www.immunize.org/birthdose/hepb_hipaa.pdf |
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Unprotected Babies: Two more infants
chronically infected with hepatitis B virus . . . the medical errors
continue Source: Immunization Action Coalition www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2127.pdf |
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Hospitals & Doctors Sued for Failing to
Protect Newborns from Hepatitis B Virus Transmission Source: Immunization Action Coalition www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2061.pdf |
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Labor & Delivery Unit and Nursery Unit
Guidelines to Prevent Hepatitis B Virus Transmission Source: Immunization Action Coalition www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2130.pdf |
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Give the Birth Dose! Providing all infants with
hepatitis B vaccine saves lives. An open letter from IAC urging the following organizations to support the birth dose: ACIP, AAP, ACOG, NMA, National Asian Pacific Islander Task Force on Hepatitis B Prevention, AHA Author: Deborah L. Wexler, MD, Executive Director Source: Immunization Action Coalition www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2125.pdf |
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Weaving a Safety Net to Protect Newborns
from HBV Source: Joint Commission Benchmark, June 2002 www.immunize.org/birthdose/benchmark1.pdf |
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Universal Birth Dose Policy Saves Lives Source: Michigan's statewide immunization newsletter, Winter 2002. (Lists all hospitals in the state that support a universal birth dose policy. Other states can reprint Michigan's article and modify the list of hospitals.) www.immunize.org/birthdose/mibirth1.pdf |
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Infant Dies of Fulminant Hepatitis B,
1999 Source: State of Michigan Dept. of Community Health The following case report and discussion appeared in the Spring/Summer 2000 issue of NEEDLE TIPS. www.immunize.org/reports/report034.pdf www.immunize.org/reports/report034.asp |
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Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program
in Hillborough County, Florida Information about preventing perinatal HBV infection in infants. Includes links to public service announcements, posters, bus ads, bus bench ads, and more. Source: Hillsborough County Health Department and the Florida Department of Health www.immunize.org/birthdose/hillsborough.htm |
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Cases of Harm Resulting from Missed Birth Dose Sources: Varied www.immunize.org/birthdose/cases.htm |
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Hepatitis B Virus: Kids can infect kids www.pkids.org/im_kik.php |
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| IAC Birth Dose Survey Results |
| 10/02 |
IAC's 2002 Hepatitis B Vaccine Birth Dose Survey Results Reports from hepatitis coordinators at state health departments and city/county CDC projects, expressing their views about providing hepatitis B vaccine in the hospital. Responses include many examples of children who were unprotected or inadequately protected due to not ordering, misordering, misinterpreting, mistranscribing, or miscommunicating the hepatitis B test results of their mothers. Source: Immunization Action Coalition www.immunize.org/birthdose/survey02.htm |
| 10/01 |
IAC's 2001 Hepatitis B Vaccine Birth Dose Survey Results Reports from hepatitis coordinators at state health departments and city/county CDC projects, expressing their views about providing hepatitis B vaccine in the hospital. Responses include many examples of children who were unprotected or inadequately protected due to not ordering, misordering, misinterpreting, mistranscribing, or miscommunicating the hepatitis B test results of their mothers. Source: Immunization Action Coalition www.immunize.org/birthdose/survey.htm |
| 10/01 |
Advice from Hepatitis Coordinators on How
to Promote the Birth Dose www.immunize.org/birthdose/tips.htm |
This page was updated on June 24, 2009
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