Childhood educators and carers born during or since 1966 are recommended to have received 2 doses of rubella-containing vaccine

Childhood educators and carers are recommended to have received 2 doses of rubella-containing vaccine given at least 4 weeks apart. This is for their own protection and to avoid the risk of transmitting rubella to pregnant women.¹

People who work in childhood education and care do not need to receive rubella-containing vaccine if they have either:

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

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