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Appendix B: Summary of October 2002 ACIP Smallpox Vaccination Recommendations
Pages 39-44

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... "Smallpox Health Care Teams" ~-~ -~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ r-~r~- _ ~ ~^ V~44~ The June 2002 draft supplemental smallpox vaccine recommendations also clarified and expanded the primary strategy for control and containment of smallpox in the event of an outbreak. In September, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
From page 40...
... 1. Smallpox Health Care Teams The ACIP recommends that in the first stages of a pre-event smallpox vaccination program, each acute care hospital identify a group of healthcare workers who would be vaccinated and trained to provide inroom medical care for the first few smallpox patients requiring hospital admission and to evaluate and manage patients who present to the Emergency Department with suspected smallpox.
From page 41...
... , as a group, be vaccinated in this first phase, individual hospitals may identify and include hospital-based EMTs (i.e., personnel who would be dispatched to transport patients with suspected smallpox) on their Smallpox Health Care Teams.
From page 42...
... 20-30% of the candidate healthcare workers, for the first phase of vaccinations to allow institutions to gain experience in post-vaccination management. The ACIP recognizes that the incidence of adverse events following vaccination of previously vaccinated persons is substantially less than in primary vaccinees, and therefore recommends that when feasible, previously vaccinated health care workers be included in this stage 1 vaccination program.
From page 43...
... 7. Simultaneous Administration of Smallpox Vaccine with Other Vaccines Vaccinia vaccine may be administered simultaneously with any inactivated vaccine, such as influenza vaccine, to encourage appropriate receipt of all indicated vaccines, e.g., in populations such as health care workers.
From page 44...
... Vaccination of this group will also contribute to preparedness for smallpox response, should a smallpox release occur' with development of a cadre of vaccinated, experienced vaccinators who could immediately be deployed for outbreak response. Source: CDC, 2002e.


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