How should the nurse respond to a parent who asks,"How can I protect my baby from whooping cough?"

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Primary prevention of pertussis can be accomplished through administration of the pertussis vaccine.Infants do not receive maternal immunity to pertussis and are susceptible to pertussis.Pertussis is highly contagious and is associated with a high infant mortality rate.Prompt evaluation by the primary care provider for respiratory illness will not prevent pertussis.Erythromycin is used to treat pertussis.It will not prevent the disease.

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