What are other health departments doing?
It is important to consider the immune status of the health care workforce to all vaccine-preventable diseases. It is important, in addition to mumps, to know the immune status of employees to diseases such as measles. Some agencies are paying for titers, other agencies have told IDPH when they considered the price of the separate mumps and measles titers, and it was more cost-effective to provide MMR vaccination. << Mumps information page Are there recommendations for factory workers? As you know, anyone with a questionable diagnosis of mumps should be encouraged to seek health care for diagnostic lab work. Those with mumps need to isolate themselves at home for five days or the duration of illness, whichever is longer. Continue to educate the public. << Mumps information page How do we prioritize MMR for HCW's? Each facility needs to identify where the greatest risk of contact with mumps and the further spread to susceptibles may occur. Areas to consider could include emergency depar
