[MCOH-EH] MMR vaccine requirements

[Jayme Kasman]

We use the following guidance from the CDPH (California Department of Public Health) 
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/immunize/Documents/CDPH_IZ_Recs_CA_HCP.pdf
Entitled:
California Department of Public Health - August 2015
Immunization and Immunity Testing Recommendations for
California Healthcare Personnel and Health Science Students

We allow staff to work if they have started the vaccination process for MMR

Jayme Kasman, RN, MSN
Employee Health Nurse
Barton Occupational Health
P: 775-589-8935 F:775-589-8979
jkasman at bartonhealth.org
www.bartonhealth.org 


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   1.  MMR vaccine requirements (Reichen, Catherine)
   2. Re:  MMR vaccine requirements (Swift, Melanie)


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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 17:36:18 +0000
From: "Reichen, Catherine" <creichen at glensfallshosp.org>
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Can anyone help me out?  If a new hire does not have vaccine records to prove MMR vaccination - we run titers.  If the titer for rubeola shows no immunity but rubella shows immunity - should the employee receive one or two MMR's?  Do you run repeat titers after a period of time?  Do you allow them to start working with only one vaccine? Can you also provide a resource of how to determine this requirement?  Thank you in advance!

Cathy

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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 17:45:27 +0000
From: "Swift, Melanie" <melanie.swift at Vanderbilt.Edu>
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Hi Cathy,

The CDC does not recommend that you run titers for these diseases in the absence of vaccination records. If someone does not have a record of vaccination, the appropriate thing to do is vaccinate them. Antibody testing is not very informative or helpful for MMR. No, you should not check titers after vaccinating. One in 5 appropriately vaccinated individuals will have a negative IgG for mumps!

We do accept a positive antibody test if someone presents us with one, and we have checked IgG on someone who has a contraindication to vaccination, just to guide an accommodation decision.

Guidance may be found at Immunization of health-care workers: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). MMWR 2011;60(RR07);1-45.<http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr6007a1.htm>

Attached is a statement we provide to people whose school, or next employer, is asking them to have labs drawn despite appropriate vaccination.

Melanie

Melanie Swift, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Director, Vanderbilt Occupational Health Clinic Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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Can anyone help me out?  If a new hire does not have vaccine records to prove MMR vaccination - we run titers.  If the titer for rubeola shows no immunity but rubella shows immunity - should the employee receive one or two MMR's?  Do you run repeat titers after a period of time?  Do you allow them to start working with only one vaccine? Can you also provide a resource of how to determine this requirement?  Thank you in advance!

Cathy

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