Immunization

U.S. Agencies Call For Reintroduction Of Routine Hepatitis B Vaccines For Newborns

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, March 12th, 2001

Changes in hepatitis B immunization recommendations that were intended to be temporary appear to have caused long-lasting changes in newborn hepatitis B vaccination practice, says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In July 1999, the recommendations for routine vaccination of newborns against hepatitis B were temporarily changed because of concerns about the vaccine preservative thimerosal. No harm from thimerosal had been demonstrated, and hepatitis B vaccines without preservatives were available by September 1999.

However, analysis of data from immunization registries in Oregon and Oklahoma, and from a survey of hospitals in...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2001-03-12)

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