Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Measles in Healthcare Settings

Publication Date: July 1, 2019

Last Updated: March 14, 2022

Recommendations

Presumptive evidence of immunity to measles for HCP includes:
- Written documentation of vaccination with 2 doses of measles virus-containing vaccine (the first dose administered at age ≥12 months; the second dose no earlier than 28 days after the first dose); OR
- Laboratory evidence of immunity (measles immunoglobulin G [IgG] in serum; equivocal results are considered negative); OR
- Laboratory confirmation of disease; OR
- Birth before 1957.
Consider vaccinating HCP born before 1957 who do not have other evidence of immunity to measles.
During a measles outbreak, 2 doses of measles virus-containing vaccine are recommended for all HCP, regardless of year of birth.
Recommendations on immunization of HCP for measles are maintained by CDC and Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

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Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Measles in Healthcare Settings