Many newborn babies are given a vitamin K injection, to prevent a rare but serious condition of excessive bleeding. This is because babies are born with low levels of vitamin K. There is evidence ...

This medication is given by injection under the skin or into a muscle ... You may need another dose of vitamin K. Remember that this medication has been prescribed because your doctor has judged ...

This medication is given by injection under the skin or into a muscle ... You may need another dose of vitamin K. Remember that this medication has been prescribed because your doctor has judged ...

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 ...

refusing what we call the vitamin K injection right after delivery and it’s concerning a lot of us in the medical profession right now,” said Dr. Carter. One Lee County infant death and the ...