Guidance

Pertussis: guidelines for public health management

Guidance for healthcare professionals on the public health management of pertussis (whooping cough).

From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published
25 October 2012
Last updated
15 August 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Guidance on the management of cases of pertussis in England during the re-emergence of pertussis in 2024

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Testing for pertussis in primary care

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Pertussis cases in healthcare workers and of pertussis clusters in healthcare settings surveillance form

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Severe or fatal pertussis disease infants and children surveillance form

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Details

Guidance on the management of cases of pertussis in England during the re-emergence of pertussis in 2024

This guidance has been issued to assist health protection teams (HPTs) manage the recent increase in workload related to pertussis.

Testing for pertussis in primary care

Summary of pertussis testing for primary care.

Pertussis cases in healthcare workers and of pertussis clusters in healthcare settings surveillance form

Surveillance form for any single case in a healthcare worker (HCW) who has direct patient contact and all clusters (2 or more cases) in a 21 day period in a healthcare setting.

Severe or fatal pertussis disease infants and children surveillance form

Surveillance form for fatal and serious (requiring level 3 Paediatric Intensive Care support) paediatric cases of pertussis, aged less than 17 years, in England.

Updates to this page

Published 25 October 2012
Last updated 15 August 2024 + show all updates

  1. Updated 'Guidance on the management of cases of pertussis in England during the re-emergence of pertussis in 2024' and 'Testing for pertussis in primary care', added 'Pertussis cases in healthcare workers and of pertussis clusters in healthcare settings surveillance form' and 'Severe or fatal pertussis disease infants and children surveillance form'.

  2. Minor updates to the guidance.

  3. Added updated 'Guidance on the management of cases of pertussis in England during the re-emergence of pertussis in 2024' , 'Testing for pertussis in primary care' and deleted 'Guidelines for the public health management of pertussis (May 2018)'.

  4. Added link to the guidance section of the pertussis collection.

  5. Updated appendix 2 link in 'Guidance on the management of cases of pertussis in England during the re-emergence of pertussis in 2024'.

  6. Added 'Guidance on the management of cases of pertussis in England during the re-emergence of pertussis in 2024' and updated 'Testing for pertussis in primary care'.

  7. Updated guidelines with a change summary on page 5.

  8. Updated antibiotic section and clarification of change of exclusion period.

  9. Updated serology section in guidance and clarification of age groups for use.

  10. Revised guidelines for the public health management of pertussis.

  11. First published.

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