Women whose hepatitis B status is negative should talk with their doctors about vaccination, the recommendation says.
“Your kid should should get the vaccine.” That was easy.
The panel voted 6-4, with one member abstaining, to recommend testing children’s antibody levels after each hepatitis B shot to determine whether additional shots are needed.
I’m not ordering unnecessary blood draws on an infant, that’s both asinine and mean. That’s two extra needle sticks to not change the number of vaccine sticks the kid gets at all (Hep B comes comboed with other vaccines, so they’d still get the exact same number of shots.)
As a practicing family doctor:
“Your kid should should get the vaccine.” That was easy.
I’m not ordering unnecessary blood draws on an infant, that’s both asinine and mean. That’s two extra needle sticks to not change the number of vaccine sticks the kid gets at all (Hep B comes comboed with other vaccines, so they’d still get the exact same number of shots.)