- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- A pediatric guide: caring for infants born to hepatitis b infected mothers, 2011
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Public Health
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Public Health
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Public Health
- Date of Original:
- 2011
- Subject:
- Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- publications (documents)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- External Identifiers:
- OCLC 1387606045
Call Number P780 .M1 2011 H41 - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bp780-b-pm1-b2011-bh41-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bp780-b-pm1-b2011-bh41-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
A Pediatric Guide
Caring for Infants BorntoHepatitisBInfectedMothers
AGE Birth (Within 12 hours) 1-2 Months 6 Months
9-18 Months
INTERVENTION
Hepatitis B Immune Globulin (HBIG) AND Hepatitis B Vaccine Dose #1
Hepatitis B Vaccine Dose #2*
Hepatitis B Vaccine Dose #3
Post Vaccination Serologic Testing (PVT) (HBsAg and anti-HBs)
Blood for the PVT should not be drawn before 9 months of age AND must be drawn a minimum of 30 days after final hepatitis B vaccine.
*Low Birth Weight Infants (less than 4.4 lbs or 2,000 grams) should receive 4 doses of hepatitis B vaccine. The schedule for low birth weight infants is: HBIG & hepatitis B vaccine at birth, hepatitis B vaccine at 1 month, 2 months and 6 months.
Interpretation of PVT Results
Positive
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen
(HBsAg)
Infected. Report to Public Health. No additional vaccine
needed.
Negative
Hepatitis B Surface Antibody
(anti-HBs)
Negative
Not Infected
Positive
Immune to hepatitis B
No Immunity
Send all PVT results to your district Perinatal Hepatitis B Case Manager.
Georgia Department of Public Health
For more information or to locate your district case manager, visit the Georgia Department of Public Health's Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program website at
www.dph.georgia.gov/perinatal-hepatitis-b.