otago.ac.nz Objective To explore the influencing factors and reasoning of parents who opt out of intramuscular vitamin K prophylaxis for their newborn. Design We conducted a qualitative study with 15 ...

Newborn vitamin K injection refusal is increasingly common and is much higher for infants not born in hospitals. While hospital vitamin K injection refusal rates are approximately 3%, a recent ...

Vitamin K activates a protein needed for normal blood clotting, which helps to heal wounds and prevent excessive bleeding. Many newborn babies are given a vitamin K injection, to prevent a rare ...