Articles Tagged With: Smallpox
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Thorough screening of workers key to reducing risks of smallpox vaccine
Health care workers with HIV or a history of atopic dermatitis are at real risk of serious complications if they receive smallpox vaccine. But can they be safely screened out if as appears imminent 500,000 hospital workers are offered smallpox immunization? -
Hospitals given leeway in forming smallpox teams
Hospitals will have considerable leeway to make their own decisions about who and how many health care workers will be immunized for smallpox if the government moves ahead as expected and offers the vaccine to medical personnel. -
Smallpox vaccinations imminent for hospitals
The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recently approved a plan that calls for smallpox immunization of 510,000 health care workers. -
One Year Later: Emergency Department Response to Biological Terrorism, Part II
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Logistics for a nightmare: CDC prepares for mass vaccinations in event of smallpox attack
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Smallpox Vaccination Q&A
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Smallpox vaccination of some health care workers may not go far enough
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ED managers are planning for smallpox vaccine
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Consent issues, other cans of worms await
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Super-strain of smallpox suspected in unreported 1971 Soviet outbreak