infectious diseases
Hepatitis B (HepB) Vaccine
Indications forHepatitis B Vaccine
HepB vaccine is a routine childhood vaccination (seeCDC: Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Age). HepB vaccine also is indicated for all adults aged 19 through 59 years who have not been previously vaccinated (seeCDC: Adult Immunization Schedule by Age). HepB vaccine also is indicated for adults aged 60 years and older who have not been previously vaccinated and who have any of the following: A desire for protection from hepatitis B A sexually active lifestyle in people who are not in a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship (eg, > 1 sex partner during the previous 6 months) Need for evaluation or treatment of a sexually transmitted infection Current or recent use of illicit injection drugs Sex between men Employment in which workers may be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious body fluids (eg, health care, custodial, or public safety workers) Diabetes in people < 60 years (as soon as feasible after diagnosis) and sometimes in those ≥ 60 years (based on shared clinical decision-making between clinician and patient regarding the risk of becoming infected, having severe consequences if infected, and having an adequate immune response to vaccination) End-stage renal disease (eg, being treated with hemodialysis) HIV infection A chronic liver disorder (eg, people with hepatitis C, cirrhosis, fatty liver disease, alcohol-related liver disease, autoimmune hepatitis, or alanine aminotransferase [ALT] or aspartate aminotransferase [AST] level greater than twice the upper limit of normal) Household contact and/or sexual contact with people who are positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) Travel to endemic areas Time spent (as patients, residents, or employees) in correctional facilities or in facilities that provide sexually transmitted infection treatment, HIV testing and treatment, drug abuse treatment and prevention services, services to injection-drug users or men who have sex with men, or care for patients with developmental disabilities or with end-stage renal disease (including those receiving long-term hemodialysis) The combinationhepatitis A vaccine/hepatitis B vaccinecan be used in people ≥ 18 years who have indications for either hepatitis A orhepatitis B vaccineand who have not been previously vaccinated with one of the vaccine components. 