WA Measles Updates 2025 - April 2, 2025

Washington Department of Health (DOH) hosted a webinar on April 2, 2025 to discuss measles surveillance, clinical manifestations, vaccine recommendations, vaccination coverage, and reporting guidelines in Washington state. The webinar is available as a recording, and continuing education is available for nurses, medical assistants, and pharmacists/pharmacy techs.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe measles surveillance in WA and nationally
  • Describe measles clinical manifestation, transmission, and vaccine recommendations
  • Discuss vaccination coverage in Washington State
  • Identify guidelines related to measles specimen collection, reporting and outbreak control

Target Audience

Health care providers

Presenters

  • Amanda Dodd, MPH
  • Zeba Bemat, MD, MPH
  • Kimberly Carlson, RN
  • Poornima Jayaraman

Continuing Education

There is no charge for continuing education credit.

  • Continuing education (CE) is available for nurses for attending the live webinar OR watching the recording.
  • CE expires April 2, 2025.
  • Even if you attend the live webinar or watch the recording as a group, everyone MUST register for the webinar and complete the evaluation as an individual prior to receiving CE.

How to receive CE credit

  • An account is required in TRAIN.org
  • Attend the live webinar or watch the recording, and complete the evaluation. You must complete an individual evaluation in TRAIN.org to receive credit.
  • A certificate is immediately available in TRAIN.org after completing the evaluation and passing with a score of 70% or higher.

Continuing Nursing Education

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 1.0 contact hours will be awarded for successful completion of this activity.

Continuing Education for Medical Assistants

1.0 administrative continuing education unit was approved by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA). Granting approval in no way constitutes endorsement by the AAMA of the program content or the program’s sponsor.

Continuing Pharmacy Education

This knowledge-based activity was approved by the Washington State Pharmacy Association for 1.0 contact hours.

Continuing Pharmacy Education Universal Activity Number:

  • 0130-9999-25-221-H06-P
  • 0130-9999-25-221-H06-T
  • 0130-9999-25-221-L06-P
  • 0130-9999-25-221-L06-T

Commercial Support

This learning activity is not funded by any commercial entity.