An Outbreak of Pertussis in a Hematology-Oncology Care Unit: Implications for Adult Vaccination Policy

1 January 2006

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Vol. 27 (1) , 92-95
https://doi.org/10.1086/500420

Abstract

A pertussis outbreak in a hematology-oncology care unit involved 10 (8.5%) of 117 employees. The source was an employee who contracted pertussis via a family contact. No screened patients contracted pertussis, likely because of isolation measures. Hospitals should consider employee immunization with acellular vaccine in healthcare settings where pertussis has high rates of morbidity and mortality.

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