MMR Vaccination Guidelines for Adults

Primary Benefits and Eligibility

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that adults born during or after 1957 should receive at least one dose of MMR vaccine to protect against measles, mumps, and rubella, with certain groups requiring a second dose for optimal protection against these potentially serious diseases 1, 2, 3
Adults born during or after 1957 should receive at least one dose of MMR vaccine unless they have documentation of vaccination with at least one dose of measles-, rubella-, and mumps-containing vaccine, laboratory evidence of immunity, or history of physician-diagnosed disease (except for rubella) 4, 1

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that adults who are students in postsecondary educational institutions, work in healthcare facilities, plan to travel internationally, or have been recently exposed to measles should receive a second dose of MMR vaccine 1, 2, 5
Healthcare facilities should consider recommending MMR vaccination to unvaccinated workers born before 1957 who lack laboratory evidence of immunity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 6, 5
All women of childbearing age should be considered susceptible to rubella unless they have received at least one dose of MMR or have serologic evidence of immunity, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4
Women should avoid becoming pregnant for 4 weeks after MMR vaccination, as advised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4

MMR vaccine should not be administered to pregnant women or those planning to become pregnant within 4 weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4, 5
MMR vaccine should not be administered to persons with severe immunodeficiency, as recommended by the American College of Physicians 1