In a message dated 8/15/1999 9:32:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, writes: > Hello! Just curious if there are any other practices out there postponing the > Hepatitis B series until the kids are 12 months due to the "thermisol" > content of > the vaccine? We don't start this series in the newborn nursery and I get > concerned about the "missed" opportunities to vaccinate these kids by > waiting. We stopped giving Hep B vaccine in the nursery a long time ago. (Getting consent from moms who just delivered and are leaving too soon is a pain in the neck, and the hospitals charge a fortune for those who pay their own bills--I had one patient bring me their bill--$80 just for the Hep B vaccine!) We have been starting at 2 months, but now are waiting until 6 months. Moshe Adler, MD