Guidance: National measles guidelines

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The national measles guidelines for health professionals covers:

how to decide if a suspected case of measles is ‘likely’ or ‘unlikely’

case management – what lab tests should be done and the importance of oral fluid testing on all suspected cases

measles control – identifying vulnerable contacts and assessing their need for post-exposure prophylaxis

As detailed in the guidance, the measles warn and inform letter can be used where it is necessary to contact a number of people who have been potentially exposed to a case of measles – please see the guidelines for further information about this.

The measles factsheet can be given to individuals to give them information about:

These translated warn and inform letters open as Word documents.

Translations of easy read warn and inform letters

These translated easy read warn and inform letters open as PDF documents.

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Read the original at the source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-measles-guidelines

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