Candidates for Hepatitis B Vaccination

Routine Vaccination

All infants, children, and adolescents.

High-risk populations

People with multiple sex partners and those who have been recently diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease.

Sex partners and household contacts of HBV carriers.

Men who have sex with men.

Household contacts of adoptees from countries with high rates of hepatitis B.

Injection drug users.

Travelers to countries with high rates of hepatitis B (staying longer than 6 months).

People with occupational exposure to blood.

Clients and staff in institutions for the developmentally disabled.

Patients with chronic kidney failure (including those on chronic hemodialysis).

Patients receiving clotting factor concentrates.

Inmates of long-term correctional facilities.