People who work with children are at increased occupational risk of getting and transferring infectious diseases. Some of these can be very serious, for example whooping cough (pertussis) can be deadly for young babies, but will often be a mild illness in adults.
It is important that people who work with children stay up to date with all the necessary vaccinations to protect themselves and the children they are in regular contact with.
The Department of Health has recently issued a fact sheet advising people who work with children to talk to their doctor about vaccine-preventable diseases such as whooping cough, measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, hepatitis A and seasonal influenza.
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