Female newborns less likely to receive vitamin K, hepatitis B shot

Female newborns less likely to receive vitamin K, hepatitis B shot

Newborn females are significantly less likely to receive intramuscular vitamin K prophylaxis and slightly less likely to receive the hepatitis B vaccine than newborn males, according to retrospective cohort study data. Findings published in JAMA Network Open from three centers in the University of Pennsylvania health system showed that overall parental decline of both vitamin K prophylaxis and