During antenatal visit 24 year old primi is discovered to be positive for Hepatitis - B . How will you manage her newborn: (A) Give Hepatitis - B immunoglobulin immediately after delivery, (B) Test for neonatal hepatitis - B antigen status, (C) Give Hepatitis B immunoglobulin and immunize against Hepatitis B (vaccine), (D) None of the above
Answer is C. If mother is seropositive for hepatitis B surface antigen, then neonate should be passively immunized with immunoglobulins along with routine immunization with hepatitis B-vaccine.