Implementation of Cocooning against Pertussis in a High-Risk Population

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Clinical Infectious Diseases
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/cid/current
Volume 52 Issue 2 January 15, 2011

ARTICLES AND COMMENTARIES
Implementation of Cocooning against Pertussis in a High-Risk Population
C. Mary Healy, Marcia A Rench, and Carol J. Baker
Clin Infect Dis. (2011) 52(2): 157-162 doi:10.1093/cid/ciq001

Abstract
Despite logistical barriers, tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis cocooning (vaccination of all caregivers of infants <1 year of age) was successfully implemented in a high-risk, predominantly Hispanic, medically underserved, uninsured population at a Houston hospital using standing orders and providing vaccinations on-site.