CHAPTER 28 Immunisation
• Preterm babies should be immunised according to their chronological age, ‘provided that they are well and that there are no contraindications to vaccination’, with the exception that the option is given in the Australian Immunisation Handbook for babies born at less than 32 weeks of gestation to receive their first hepatitis B immunisation with the normal first general immunisation at 2 months of age.
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