Prevention of Hepatitis B infection in the perinatal period. Hepatitis B vaccine, immunoglobulin.

Hepatitis B infection is serious in view of the high risk of chronicity-perinatal infection has a very high rate of chronic infection with serious complications like liver cancer and cirrhosis. Prevention of such transmission from a Hepatitis B positive mother is critical, and I discuss the CDC recommendations on the same. #hepatitisB #prevention #vaccination