New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-P - Former Division of Public Health Services
Chapter He-P 300 - DISEASES
Part He-P 301 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Section He-P 301.06 - Prevention of Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum and Perinatal Hepatitis B Infection

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules He-P 301.06

Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024

(a) All hospitals and healthcare facilities at which births are attended shall administer neonatal prophylaxis against gonococcal ophthalmia.

(b) All hospitals and healthcare facilities at which births are attended shall administer hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) and the first hepatitis B vaccine dose within 12 hours of birth to all infants born to hepatitis B surface antigen positive women.

(c) For infants born to women of unknown hepatitis B surface antigen status, the hospital or healthcare facility at which the birth was attended shall:

(1) Administer the first hepatitis B vaccine dose within 12 hours of birth; and

(2) If the mother tests positive for hepatitis B surface antigen, the hospital or healthcare facility at which the birth was attended or the health care provider shall administer HBIG to the infant within 7 days of birth.

#4230, eff 2-23-87; ss by #4946, eff 10-2-90; EXPIRED: 10-2-96

New. #6634, eff 11-25-97; ss by #8242, eff 12-30-04; ss by #9172, eff 6-6-08

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