March 2000 • Volume 6 • Number 3
Immunization schedule has footnote change
The 2000 Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule, United States, has a change in its second footnote. The line regarding infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers should read, "Infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers should receive hepatitis B vaccine and 0.5mL hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) within 12 hours of birth at separate sites. The 2nd dose is recommended at 1 to 2 months of age and the 3rd dose at 6 months of age."
You can get a copy of the schedule with the updated footnote by visiting the AAFP Web site at www.aafp.org/x7666.xml or by calling AAFP Express, the Academy's document-by-fax system (see "Quick Fax" for directions).
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