cautions/notes
Last reviewed 01/2018
- gamma globulin is used for travellers against hepatitis A if vaccination
at least two weeks before travel is not possible
- give in the last few days before travel
- give at least 2-3 weeks after polio or oral typhoid vaccines
- does not reduce response to yellow fever vaccine (1)
- used for visitors to areas where the disease is highly endemic(all countries except northern and western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand - hepatitis A vaccine is preferred if patient is visiting those countries frequently or who stay for more than 3 months
Reference:
- PULSE (22/4/00), 112.