@article{7bdca2158d9445a4aef8b56268ca46fe,
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",
}