Susceptible health care workers are at risk of acquiring and transmitting mumps to
or from patients. A survey was carried out in 639 health care workers from tertiary
public hospitals and primary care centers in the Catalonia region of Spain during
2009 to determine the prevalence of immunity to mumps among this group. The prevalence
of immune health care workers was 87.5% (95% confidence interval, 84.7-89.9). Vaccination
with 2 doses of vaccine should be reinforced in health care workers to minimize the
risk of mumps transmission in health care settings.
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Published online: October 08, 2012
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Conflicts of interest: This work was funded by the Public Health Department, Department of Health (Generalitat of Catalonia), CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP) Spain, and AGAUR (expedient No. 2009 SGR 42), Barcelona.
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