Open AccessA study of neonatal BCG immunization within an acute hospital trust
Author(s) -
Katherine Eastham,
Jonathan Wyllie
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/23.4.335
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , immunization , tuberculosis , pediatrics , family history , retrospective cohort study , cohort study , epidemiology , medical record , family medicine , demography , immunology , surgery , pathology , antigen , sociology
Tuberculosis is a re-emerging problem in the United Kingdom. BCG immunization administered in the neonatal period is protective. National guidelines and locally published standards identify infants for whom BCG immunization is recommended. The study aimed to calculate the rate of identification of infants 'at risk' by parental ethnic group and/or family history of tuberculosis, to determine subsequent immunization uptake, and to describe characteristics associated with missed BCG immunization.
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