Effect of thimerosal recommendations on hospitals’ neonatal hepatitis B vaccination policies

Authors :: Robert M. Brayden
Jennifer Sigafoos Jones
Brenda L. Renfrew
Kellyn A. Pearson
Stephen Berman
Source :: The Journal of Pediatrics. 138:752-755
Publication Year :: 2001
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2001.
Abstract: We describe neonatal hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine policies in Colorado before and after thimerosal recommendations, plans for use of thimerosal-free HBV vaccine, and nurses' awareness of high-risk criteria for HBV vaccination. The results suggest that fewer neonates are receiving HBV vaccine at birth hospitals.

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