Vaccination coverage for measles, mumps, and rubella in a tertiary hospital of Porto Alegre, state of Rio Grande do Sul.

INTRODUCTION

Measles, mumps, and rubella are viral contagious diseases preventable by the MMR vaccine. MMR is a part of the immunization schedule of the Brazilian Ministry of Health, which recommends 2 doses of the vaccine for professionals working in health care facilities.

OBJECTIVES

To determine the vaccination coverage for measles, mumps, and rubella among active professionals of a tertiary hospital in the city of Porto Alegre, state of Rio Grande do Sul; to analyze the importance of vaccinating professionals that work at health care facilities; to detect and highlight high-risk services for contagious diseases according to patient profiles - children, pregnant and puerperal women, immunocompromised individuals.

METHODS

This is a descriptive transversal study that analyzed the database of the Occupational Medicine Service of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre considering active professionals in January 2019.

RESULTS

We evaluated the vaccination records of 7802 active professionals of this hospital; 52% of them had taken at least 1 dose of the MMR vaccine (1 or 2 doses) and 47% had not been vaccinated. Among high-risk services, 56.4% of the professionals had had at least 1 MMR dose, while 43.4% had not been vaccinated.

CONCLUSIONS

This study revealed that the vaccination coverage for measles, mumps, and rubella at the analyzed health care facility was still far from the ideal; however, the Occupational Medicine Service has been making efforts to gradually broaden this coverage.