Implementing the new BCG vaccination guidelines—a maternity hospital-based clinic approach
Author(s) -
Deepa Athavale,
Sarah McCullough,
Helen Mactier
Publication year - 2006
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/fdi078
Subject(s) - vaccination , medicine , family medicine , public health , medical emergency , nursing , virology
With the recent changes to the UK BCG vaccination programme, the emphasis on childhood immunisation changes to identification and immunisation of at risk neonates. We report our experience of improving the system for provision of early BCG immunisation to high-risk infants born in the east of Glasgow.
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