Are pregnant women tested for hepatitis B?
Yes. When a pregnant woman comes in for prenatal care, she will be given a series of routine blood tests, including one that checks for the presence of hepatitis B virus infection. This test is important because women infected with this virus can pass hepatitis B to their babies during birth. But this can be prevented by giving the infant HBIG and the first hepatitis B vaccine at birth, and then completing the series.
