CHAPTER 29 Vitamin K
• The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia recommends that all babies get an IM dose of 1 mg (0.1 mL) of Konakion MM at birth.
• The IM dose is stressed as the preferred option for reliability and compliance. However, parents can elect to have the vitamin K treatment administered orally as three 2 mg (0.2 mL) doses of Konakion MM. These doses are given at birth, at the time of newborn screening (3 to 5 days), and at 4 weeks.
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