@article{24346e9101f849f69d75315f007ee8df,
title = "Elimination of perinatal hepatitis B: Providing the first vaccine dose within 24 hours of birth",
abstract = "After the introduction of the hepatitis B vaccine in the United States in 1982, a greater than 90% reduction in new infections was achieved. However, approximately 1000 new cases of perinatal hepatitis B infection are still identified annually in the United States. Prevention of perinatal hepatitis B relies on the proper and timely identification of infants born to mothers who are hepatitis B surface antigen positive and to mothers with unknown status to ensure administration of appropriate postexposure immunoprophylaxis with hepatitis B vaccine and immune globulin. To reduce the incidence of perinatal hepatitis B transmission further, the American Academy of Pediatrics endorses the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that all newborn infants with a birth weight of greater than or equal to 2000 g receive hepatitis B vaccine by 24 hours of age.",
author = "{COMMITTEE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES, COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN} and Kristi Watterberg and William Benitz and Ivan Hand and Eric Eichenwald and Brenda Poindexter and Stewart, {Dan L.} and Aucott, {Susan W.} and Puopolo, {Karen M.} and Goldsmith, {Jay P.} and Wang, {Kasper S.} and Thierry Lacaze and Mascola, {Maria Ann} and Raju, {Tonse N.K.} and Barfield, {Wanda D.} and Erin Keels and Jim Couto and Byington, {Carrie L.} and Maldonado, {Yvonne A.} and {Barnett Md}, {Elizabeth D.} and Campbell, {James D.} and Davies, {H. Dele} and Ruth Lynfield and Munoz, {Flor M.} and Dawn Nolt and Nyquist, {Ann Christine} and Sean O'Leary and Rathore, {Mobeen H.} and Sawyer, {Mark H.} and Steinbach, {William J.} and Tan, {Tina Q.} and Zaoutis, {Theoklis E.} and Kimberlin, {David W.} and Brady, {Michael T.} and Jackson, {Mary Anne} and Long, {Sarah S.} and Bernstein, {Henry H.} and Meissner, {H. Cody} and Douglas Campos-Outcalt and Cohn, {Amanda C.} and Farizo, {Karen M.} and Marc Fischer and Gellin, {Bruce G.} and Gorman, {Richard L.} and Natasha Halasa and Robinson, {Joan L.} and Jamie Deseda-Tous and Simon, {Geoffrey R.} and Starke, {Jeffrey R.} and Frantz, {Jennifer M.}",
note = "Funding Information: Academy of Family Physicians Amanda C. Cohn, MD, FAAP – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Karen M. Farizo, MD – US Food and Drug Administration Marc Fischer, MD, FAAP – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Bruce G. Gellin, MD, MPH – National Vaccine Program Office Richard L. Gorman, MD, FAAP – National Institutes of Health Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH, FAAP – Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Funding Information: Pediatrics Section on Surgery Thierry Lacaze, MD – Canadian Paediatric Society Maria Ann Mascola, MDD – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tonse N.K. Raju, MD, DCH – National Institutes of Health Wanda D. Barfield, MD, MPH, FAAP, RADM USPHS – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Erin Keels, MS, APRN, NNP-BC – National Association of Neonatal Nurses Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.",
year = "2017",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1542/peds.2017-1870",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "140",
journal = "Pediatrics",
issn = "0031-4005",
publisher = "American Academy of Pediatrics",
number = "3",
}