Information for Healthcare Workers

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee has issued new recommendations for pertussis vaccination of pregnant women and cocooning of preterm infants to protect those who are too young to be fully vaccinated. Further information on this latest recommendation as well as the recommendation for health care workers in contact with infants, pregnant women and immunocompromised individuals to be vaccinated against pertussis is available here:

• National Immunisation Office - Pertussis information for healthcare professionals

Last updated: 10 December 2012