Hello , my child received his 10weeks vaccine today.. though the schedule does not have hep B he was given easy six vaccine which contains hep B..is that fine..at 6 weeks also he was hep b..how many doses of hep b should be given? should he take hep B at 14 weeks again?

1 Answer

Dr GhouseGuardian of 3 children4 years ago

A. a baby has to take minimum 3 doses of hepatitis b vaccine which is present even in pentaxim also since she had taken hexaxim it is a combination of injectable polio vaccine answer

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