Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccination Policy in Hospital Nurseries
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Newborn hepatitis B vaccination policy in hospital nurseries.
OBJECTIVE Hepatitis B vaccination (HBV) is unlike any other immunization series because it can be initiated in the hospital nursery. The objective of this study was to describe how hospital nurseries develop HBV policies and to describe the sources of information used for learning about national HBV recommendations. METHODS A cross-sectional telephone survey was conducted on a national random...
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عنوان ژورنال: PEDIATRICS
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.109.2.e21