Guidance

Hepatitis B antenatal screening and newborn immunisation programme: Best practice guidance

This document contains guidance for commissioners in improving the uptake rate of existing infant hepatitis B immunisation programmes for newborns.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 18 April 2011

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This document contains guidance for commissioners in improving the uptake rate of existing infant hepatitis B immunisation programmes for newborns who are at risk of hepatitis B infection. This guidance should be considered as supplementary to UK National Screening Committee and National Institute of Clinical Excellence guidance.

Published 18 April 2011