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What vaccines should be given to a baby born to a hepatitis b infected mother?
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All routine vaccines i. E bcg/opv/hepatitis b to b given. One difference wud be, as the mother is hep b + ve, hepatitis b vaccine shud b given at birth, and repeated at 1 month and 2 months age (instead of standard 0, 1 and 6 months) rest vaccines as per normal schedule.
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