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Clinical Preventive Services -
Screening - Infectious Diseases -
Rubella, Including
Immunization of
Adolescents and Adults
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Recommendations:
Routine screening for rubella
susceptibility by history of vaccination
or by serology is recommended for all
women of childbearing age at their first
clinical encounter. Susceptible
nonpregnant women should be offered
rubella vaccination; susceptible
pregnant women should be vaccinated
immediately after delivery. An equally
acceptable alternative for nonpregnant
women of childbearing age is to offer
vaccination against rubella without
screening (see Clinical Intervention).
There is insufficient evidence to
recommend for or against screening or
routine vaccination of young men in
settings where large numbers of
susceptible young adults of both sexes
congregate, such as military bases and
colleges. Routine screening or
vaccination of other young men, of older
men, and of postmenopausal women is not
recommended.
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