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Pennsylvania Department of Health - Perinatal Hepatitis B Program
The perinatal transmission of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) poses a serious threat to infants born to mothers infected with the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg).
District Offices/State Health Centers must:
- Ensure completion of the hepatitis B vaccine series and post-vaccination testing for high-risk infants
- Ensure that all susceptible contacts of HBV infected pregnant women are identified and offered vaccination
- Educate and counsel patients on health behaviors
- Accept reports of HBsAg positive women from private health care providers
- Report information to the PA DOH Division of Immunizations
The perinatal transmission of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) poses a serious threat to infants born to mothers infected with the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg).
District Offices/State Health Centers must:
- Ensure completion of the hepatitis B vaccine series and post-vaccination testing for high-risk infants
- Ensure that all susceptible contacts of HBV infected pregnant women are identified and offered vaccination
- Educate and counsel patients on health behaviors
- Accept reports of HBsAg positive women from private health care providers
- Report information to the PA DOH Division of Immunizations
What's Here
Hepatitis B Immunizations
High Risk Infants/Children