Healthcare workers born during or since 1966 are recommended to have received 2 doses of measles-containing vaccine

Healthcare workers are recommended to have received 2 doses of measles- containing vaccine. Measles can be transmitted in healthcare settings and infect staff and patients.^4-7

Healthcare workers do not need to receive measles-containing vaccine if they have either:

• documented evidence of 2 doses of measles-containing vaccine given at least 4 weeks apart and with both doses given at ≥12 months of age, or
• serological evidence of immunity to measles, mumps and rubella

See Serological testing for immunity to measles, and Recommended vaccines for people at increased risk of certain occupationally acquired vaccine-preventable diseases in Vaccination for people at occupational risk.