Management of infants born to women infected with hepatitis B in the military healthcare system

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Table 1 Completion rates for recommended vaccinations and post-vaccination serological testing

Population	n	Completed vaccination series		Post vaccination serology
Population	n	Percentage	P value	Percentage	P value
Maternal HBsAg + infants	51	92%		10%
Maternal HBsAg + infants with Ped ID referral	9	89%	(0.552)	33%	(0.033)
Maternal HBsAg + infants whose exposure was documented*	24	92%	(1.00)	13%	(0.656)
Maternal HBsAg+ / HBeAg + infants	9	89%	(0.552)	33%	(0.033)
Maternal HBsAg+ / HBeAg + infants with Ped ID referral	4	100%	(1.00)	75%	(0.048)
Maternal HBsAg+ / HBeAg + infants whose exposure was documented*	7	100%	(0.222)	43%	(0.500)

^* Exposure documented within the infant’s electronic medical record.
Exposure to HBV infection and evaluation by a pediatric infectious disease specialist were compared using two-sided Fisher’s exact test to determine the association with completing the recommended vaccine series and completing follow-up serologic testing. Both patients who were HBeAg positive and all patients (HBsAg positive and HBSAg positive/HBeAg positive) who saw an infectious disease specialist were more likely to have post-vaccination serologies checked. There were no statistically significant differences in vaccination rates amongst the different groups.

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