Neonatal BCG: a time for change

Author
Pillay, Thillagavathie
Radcliffe, Ruth
Keyword
Allergy and immunology
Communicable diseases
Infectious disease medicine
Neonatology
Paediatrics
Date
2022-08-25

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DOI
10.1136/archdischild-2021-323239
Publisher's URL
https://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2022/08/24/archdischild-2021-323239
Abstract
The BCG vaccination programme in the UK is risk based and has usually been given to eligible babies soon after birth. On advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, NHS England and Improvement recently revised the timing of this vaccination to 28 days after birth or soon thereafter. In this article, we highlight the change in timing of vaccination, the rationale and barriers to BCG uptake that this change may pose.
Citation
Pillay, T., Toldi, G., Hussain, A., Magwenzi, M. M., Satodia, P., & Radcliffe, R. (2022). Neonatal BCG: a time for change. Archives of disease in childhood. Education and practice edition, edpract-2021-323239. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-323239
Type
Article
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12904/16777
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