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Pr med Hepatitis B Vaccine
meduploader - 05-16-09 13:35
Children and Adolescents
All children should get their first dose of hepatitis B vaccine at birth and should have completed the vaccine series by 6-18 months of age.
Children and adolescents through 18 years of age who did not get the vaccine when they were younger should also be vaccinated.
Adults : All unvaccinated adults at risk for HBV infection should be vaccinated. This includes:
sex partners of people infected with HBV,
men who have sex with men,
IV Drug users
people with more than one sex partner,
chronic liver or kidney disease,
Health care/ lab workers handling human blood
household contacts of people infected with HBV,
residents and staff in institutions for the developmentally disabled
Hemodialysis Patients
HIV Patients
Contraindications à Anaphylactic reaction to baker's yeast
meduploader - 05-16-09 13:35
Children and Adolescents
All children should get their first dose of hepatitis B vaccine at birth and should have completed the vaccine series by 6-18 months of age.
Children and adolescents through 18 years of age who did not get the vaccine when they were younger should also be vaccinated.
Adults : All unvaccinated adults at risk for HBV infection should be vaccinated. This includes:
sex partners of people infected with HBV,
men who have sex with men,
IV Drug users
people with more than one sex partner,
chronic liver or kidney disease,
Health care/ lab workers handling human blood
household contacts of people infected with HBV,
residents and staff in institutions for the developmentally disabled
Hemodialysis Patients
HIV Patients
Contraindications à Anaphylactic reaction to baker's yeast
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Re: Pr med Hepatitis B Vaccine mtniharika - 10-05-09 15:22 protects against hepatocellular carcinoma.
recombinant DNA vaccines, which means they are produced by inserting the gene for HBV into common baker's yeast where it is grown, harvested, and purified.
ROUTE:Hepatitis B vaccine should be given to infants (12 months of age and younger) in the thigh muscle. Either the thigh or the upper arm muscle may be used for young children. The upper arm muscle is the preferred site of administration for adolescents and adults. Hepatitis B vaccine should always be given into the muscle despite the age of the patient.
SCHEDULE:three-dose series, is recommended for all children 0-18 years of age.0,1 AND 6 months intervals.
SIDE-EFFECTS:most will have only a very mild reaction, such as soreness at the injection site (fewer than one out of three children) or low-grade fever. Adults are slightly more likely to experience such mild symptoms. Serious allergic reactions following hepatitis B vaccination are rare.
NOTE:this vaccine can be safely administered in pregnant women.
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