Variation in Tdap and Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Pregnant Women by Insurance Type - Florida, 2016-2018.

Variation in Tdap and Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Pregnant Women by Insurance Type - Florida, 2016-2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Jan 24;69(3):72-76 Authors: Merritt TA, Rasmussen SA, Bright MA, Roussos-Ross D, Sims SM, Gurka MJ, Thompson LA Abstract Infants are at increased risk for pertussis-associated morbidity and mortality, and pregnant women and their infants are more likely than other patient populations to experience severe influenza-related illness (1,2). The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that all women receive the tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine during each pregnancy, preferably during the early part of gestational weeks 27-36 (3). ACIP also recommends that women who are or might be pregnant during the influenza season receive the inactivated influenza vaccine at any time during pregnancy (4). Despite these recommendations, coverage with Tdap and influenza vaccines during pregnancy has been low, with approximately one half of women receiving each vaccine and only one third receiving both, based on a survey during March-April 2019 (5). Data obtained through a retrospective chart review of randomly selected pregnant women who delivered at the University of Florida Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2018, were analyzed to assess vaccination coverage by insurance type. Because the...
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