Neonatal BCG: a time for change
Pillay, Thillagavathie Radcliffe, Ruth
Pillay, Thillagavathie
Radcliffe, Ruth
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.
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2022-08-25
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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