Measles

"Emergency Department Vaccination of Preschool-Age Children during a Measles Outbreak."

Published in Vaccine Weekly, October 16th, 1995

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Annals of Emergency Medicine, "Study Objective: To determine the effectiveness of an emergency department vaccination program for preschool-age children during a measles outbreak. Design: Cross-section study. Setting: Urban pediatric ED with an annual census of 24,000. Participants: Children, 12 to 59 months old, who presented to our ED between April 1 and April 30, 1994. Intervention: Staff trained in rationale for and protocol of ED vaccination offered measles-mumps-rubella (MNIR) vaccine, free of charge, to all eligible children. Results: Of the 541 children seen, 7%...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (1995-10-16)

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