Hepatitis B Selective Vaccination Policy

Amy and Jen discuss a government guidance document published in the past year which reviews the Hepatitis B selective immunisation pathway for pregnant people and newborns. We look at this guidance from the perspective of health visitors in practice - what do you need to know? What should be happening, what actually IS happening and what do you need to do when this crops up on your caseload? As ever we love to hear from you with any comments or thoughts by email on iamahealthvisitor@gmail.com. Resources and Further Reading: I am a HV episode on the Hexavalent vaccine: https://soundcloud.com/iamahealthvisitor/changes-to-the-immunisation-schedule-august-2017-episode-2 Guidance Document - Hepatitis B antenatal screening and selective neonatal immunisation pathway. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hepatitis-b-antenatal-screening-and-selective-neonatal-immunisation-pathway