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). Each year an estimated 22,000 infants are born to women in the United States that are positive. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that close to 500 women are positive at the time of delivery in Pennsylvania.
Perinatal HepB Protocol:
Escape