Which vaccines are recommended for healthcare personnel (HCP)?

People working in healthcare settings are recommended to be vaccinated against influenza, hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and pertussis. As of September 3, 2025, recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination differ between CDC, which no longer has a specific occupational recommendation, and other healthcare professional organizations. The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) continues to support COVID-19 vaccination of all healthcare personnel. Adults are generally assumed to have been vaccinated against polio in childhood; any adult known or strongly suspected of being unvaccinated against polio should be vaccinated. For measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella, serologic evidence of immunity is an acceptable substitute for documentation of vaccination. In addition, microbiologists working in a laboratory should receive vaccination against meningococcal ACWY and meningococcal serogroup B disease. In rare cases, some laboratory personnel should also receive a single polio vaccine booster and typhoid vaccines. For more information, refer to a current recommended adult immunization schedule or the 2011 ACIP recommendations for immunization of healthcare personnel, www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr6007.pdf.