2009 Volume 24 Issue 4 Pages 250-254
With occurrence of the regional epidemics of measles, measles antibody titer measurement and measles vaccination were surveyed to assess the prevention of measles infection among hospital staff and in-hospital patients. The targets were 367 employees aged under 35 who work in this hospital, including temporary staff and agency staff. Measles vaccine was recommended for individuals with negative or indeterminant measles IgG antibody reactions in the antibody test (initial test) measured by the commercially available kit. Individuals were vaccinated on request, and the antibody test (postvaccinal test) was conduct 6 weeks after the vaccination. Surveys and vaccinations were conducted by pediatricians in this hospital, and the hospital accepted all costs for the present tests and vaccinations. The initial test was conducted with 331 of 367 individuals, and 286 targets showed positive (86.4%), 26 targets showed negative (7.9%), and 19 individuals showed indeterminant (5.7%) reactions to measles antibody. All 45 individuals who showed negative results and indeterminant results in the initial test were considered for vaccination, and 41 individuals received vaccination. Four individuals were eliminated because of pregnancy or resignation. After vaccination, 40 individuals showed positive reaction and 1 showed indeterminant reaction. In addition, this individual with indeterminant reaction was negative in the initial test, and so showed favorable antibody acquirement after the measles vaccination.
