Guideline
Clinical Overview of Perinatal Hepatitis B
- Congenital infections
- Infection
- Infection prevention
- Medical
- Neurodevelopmental follow-up
- Nursing
- Postnatal and transitional care
Summary
This CDC clinical overview covers perinatal hepatitis B virus transmission from HBsAg-positive pregnant patients to their infants. It outlines antenatal HBsAg screening, maternal HBV DNA testing and antiviral therapy, and postexposure immunoprophylaxis with hepatitis B vaccine and HBIG within 12 hours of birth. It describes vaccine schedules by birth weight, post-vaccination serologic testing, parent counselling and the US Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program. It is aimed at clinicians caring for pregnant patients and newborns in the United States.
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