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Vitamin K

Vitamin K is important in blood clotting. Vitamin K is made in the intestines by bacteria. Newborns need to be colonized by bacteria from their parents before they start making vitamin K. Vitamin K 1mg is given intramuscularly at birth to help prevent neonatal hemmorhagic disease.

For more information please visit the Canadian Paediatric Society or My Midwife websites.