🟢 Efforts to administer vitamin K2 syrup from the establishment of feeding to prevent "newborn and infant vitamin K deficiency bleeding" have been ongoing for some time. On November 30, 2021,Recommendations on the Prevention of Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding in Newborns and Infants (External Link)was jointly issued by the Japan Pediatric Society and other organizations. In response to this, starting from December 2021, we recommend that babies who are primarily breastfed be given vitamin K2 syrup until 3 months of age. We will explain this during your 1-month checkup.Q&A on prevention of vitamin K deficiency bleeding in newborns and infants (for parents) (external link)🙂 .
December 10, 2021
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