CDC updates mumps immunization guidelines
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Posted July 7, 2006 |
By Jennifer Garvin Atlanta—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has issued new recommendations concerning measles, mumps and rubella vaccination for health care workers.
According to the ACIP, previous documentation of mumps immunity through vaccination consisted of one dose of mumps-containing vaccine for all designated groups, including health care workers.
Due to recent outbreaks of mumps, the ACIP now advises two doses in workers born after 1957 who have no evidence of immunity and one dose for those born before 1957 with no evidence of immunity. The previous recommendations were for one dose in people born after 1957 with no booster and no vaccine for persons born before 1957.
From Jan. 1 to May 2 of 2006, 11 states have reported 2,597 cases of mumps, according to the CDC. Eight of those states—Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Wisconsin—reported outbreaks in clusters. The other three states—Colorado, Minnesota and Mississippi—had cases associated with travel in an outbreak state.
These new recommendations are for health care workers and are intended to offer increased protection during a recognized outbreak of mumps. For more information about infection control, visit www.ada.org/goto/cdc. For the CDC's full report on the new recommendations, visit www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/mumps  .
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