Parotitis primary prevention
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Overview
Primary Prevention
Infectious parotitis
- Administering the mumps vaccine
- 78% effective at a single dose; 88% effective with two doses administered with at least 28 days in between.[1]
- Personal hygiene and limiting contact exposure:[2]
- Washing hands frequently.
- Avoiding fluid transmission with mumps patients.
- Avoiding respiratory droplets from coughing mumps patients.
- Limiting contact with children between 9 months and 15 years old.[1]
- Limiting sexual contact with HIV-infected individuals and using condoms.[3]
- Administering the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine to prevent tuberculosis.[4]