Australian immunisation handbook pertussis

Incubation period : Usually 7 to 10 days ranges from 4 to 21 days. Infectious period : Untreated, a person with pertussis can spread it to other people for up to three weeks after onset of cough. Case exclusion : People diagnosed with pertussis should stay away from school and work while infectious up to 21 days or until they have completed 5 days of a course of a recommended antibiotic.

It is particularly important not to expose young children e. Contact exclusion : Exclude unimmunised contacts from childcare.

Treatment : Antibiotic treatment as recommended by the doctor. Immunisation : Recommended that children be vaccinated according to the Western Australian vaccination schedule. Vaccination is also recommended for adults planning a pregnancy; parents of infants and other household carers, including grand-parents; and for adults who work with young children e. Since vaccines have been required to go through a standardised process of application to and assessment by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee PBAC for consideration of suitability and cost-effectiveness for funding under the NIP.

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Department of Health. From 28 weeks gestation in each pregnancy recommended at 28 weeks gestation or as soon as possible after that. From 28 weeks gestation in each pregnancy ideally 28—32 weeks. From 28 weeks gestation in each pregnancy, or as soon as possible after delivery. From 28 weeks gestation in each pregnancy ideally 28—32 weeks or as soon as possible after delivery.

Yes parents and guardians of infants up to 6 months of age and born on or after 1 June , and partners of women who are at least 28 weeks pregnant, if they have not received a pertussis booster in the last 10 years.

All providers, majority in community health centres. Also GPs and antenatal clinics. The optimal time for pertussis vaccination is between 20 and 32 weeks of pregnancy.

Women who have received pertussis vaccine during or after a previous pregnancy should be re-vaccinated in the second or third trimester of their current pregnancy. Pertussis vaccine has been used routinely in pregnant women in the UK and the US since and careful monitoring of this practice indicates that the vaccine is safe for pregnant women and their unborn babies.

In addition, large studies from the US and the UK looking at birth outcomes following pertussis vaccination during pregnancy have found no evidence of increased risk for stillbirth, premature birth, death of the baby within 28 days of birth, fetal distress, caesarean delivery or low birth weight. WA Health no longer requires completed forms to be sent to CDCD, please store them as per your organisational requirements. Please share these fact sheets with your antenatal patients before they sign the immunisation consent form.

The fact sheets contain information on the vaccines and the diseases they offer protection against. There is also a section at the bottom of the page where you can record the vaccine details for them to keep as a record. Go back to Top. Skip to navigation Skip to main content Site map Accessibility Contact us. Search this site Search all sites.