Preparing for smallpox: occupational health nursing update

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• Personal Author:
  Cunha BE
• Description:
  Smallpox has plagued humans for thousands of years. Although smallpox has been eliminated as an active disease in humans, there is a threat that terrorist organizations or nations could use smallpox as a weapon against the population of the United States. The U.S. government has recognized this threat and has asked the CDC to prepare for such a possibility. A plan to identify, treat, and vaccinate the population in any area of the country where an outbreak of smallpox might occur has been developed and is being implemented. The CDC plan calls for rapid response by local, state, and federal response teams. Preparation of these teams is currently underway. Parts of the CDC plan, including educating and screening individuals who may be part of the response teams, vaccinating personnel, and following up with the vaccinated personnel, are activities consistent with the occupational health nurse's role. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Lung Men Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Viral Diseases Women
• Keywords:
  Children Diseases Humans Infectious-diseases Pulmonary-system Respiration Respiratory-infections Viral-diseases
• ISSN:
  0891-0162
• Publisher:
  Wachs JE
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Tennessee ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  227-235
• Volume:
  51
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039374
• Citation:
  AAOHN J 2003 May; 51(5):227-235
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  AAOHN Journal - American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cd75ec89f2f59f90beb8bae4a5ca936c95d2752751e8d98d5cdff7da6b19f29fc9ff4d28b83ef877c68330937ba4e08a3d4f2f4f9657565b5167b578a45d32cf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192689/cdc_192689_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 75.15 KB ]