In November 2021, ACIP recommended universal vaccinations within that age group, while removing the risk factor assessment previously in place to determine vaccine eligibility. The recommendations followed more than 2 years of work evaluating HBV incidence, morbidity and mortality related to HB...
Beginning in 1991, the CDC recommended that hepatitis B vaccination became standard of care for infants, making it the first shot most babies receive before leaving the hospital. That said, many adults born before the 1991 hepatitis B vaccine recommendation are living unprotected against the hepatiti...
Previous guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for hepatitis B vaccination among adults utilized a risk-based approach that may have contributed to decreased uptake of the vaccine because the recommendations were difficult to adopt into clinical practice and assumed ...
If you have received 3 doses of hepatitis B, and your titer isnegative, you need to proceed to additional doses to determine whether you are able to develop immunity. Consistent with CDC recommendations, there are two options to proceed: ...
CDC and ACIP currently recommend vaccinating all infants at birth, as well as all adolescents and at-risk adults who have not yet received thevaccine. Additionally, all health care workers who may be exposed to blood or blood-contaminated products should be both vaccinated for hepatitis B and ...
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To increase access to hepatitis B vaccine, the new recommendations encourage vaccination of previously unvaccinated children and adolescents aged 0-18 years whenever they are seen for routine medical visits. This expansion of the recommended age group for vaccination and for VFC eligibility simplifies pr...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published new recommendations on screening for hepatitis B infection.1They recommend screening all adults (ages 18 years and older) at least once. These recommendations differ in a few ways from those of the US Pr...
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the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their recommendations, advising hepatitis B vaccine to all adults through age 59 years who have not been vaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown, and adults age 60 years or older with risk factors for hepatitis B infection or...