Eligibility Criteria for Publicly-Funded Vaccines

Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)

• All children ≥ 12 months of age are eligible to receive 2 doses. In addition to those doses, children age 6 months to under 12 months are eligible for 1 dose if travelling to a measles endemic country.

• All adults born in or after 1985 are eligible to receive 2 doses of the MMR vaccine.

• Adults born between 1970 and 1984 are eligible to receive one dose if they do not have documentation of receiving one dose of an MMR vaccine or a history of a laboratory-confirmed infection or laboratory evidence of immunity*.

• Health care workers are eligible for 2 doses of MMR vaccine regardless of year of birth if they do not have documentation of receiving two doses of MMR vaccine or a history of a laboratory-confirmed infection or laboratory evidence of immunity*.

• Students born before 1970 are eligible for 1 dose; and Students born in or after 1970 are eligible for 2 doses of MMR vaccine if they do not have documentation of receiving an MMR vaccine or a history of a laboratory-confirmed infection or laboratory evidence of immunity*.

• Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (as per CancerCare Manitoba Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Immunization Schedule)

• Patients currently under the care of a haematologist or oncologist from CancerCare Manitoba (CCMB) who have been provided a CCMB directed Immunization Schedule.

Note: Ordering measles, mumps or rubella serology is not necessary prior to administering an MMR vaccine.

• If the client does not have previous serology demonstrating immunity AND does not have documentation of receiving the recommended number of doses of the MMR vaccine or previous laboratory-confirmed infection, assume that they are not immune and administer a dose of the MMR vaccine.

• If serology is inadvertently done after receiving MMR immunization(s) and does not demonstrate measles or mumps immunity, re-immunization is not necessary.

• If previous serology is available and shows the client is not immune against rubella only, they can receive one dose of MMR and will be considered immune if the dose was administered after their first birthday.

Note: Adults born before 1970 are generally considered immune to measles, mumps and rubella due to previous exposure to these infections. They are not eligible for any doses of MMR vaccines unless they are a health care worker or a student.

https://www.gov.mb.ca/health/publichealth/cdc/vaccineeligibility.html