MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Dispatch, February 26, 2003 / Vol. 52

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• Alternative Title:
  Recommendations for Using Smallpox Vaccine in a Pre-Event Vaccination Program: Supplemental Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)
• Journal Article:
  MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Personal Author:
  Wharton, Melinda ; Strikas, Raymond A. ; Harpaz, Rafael ; Rotz, Lisa D. ; Schwartz, Benjamin ; Casey, Christine G. ; Pearson, Michele L. ; Anderson, Larry J.
• Corporate Authors:
  Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
• Description:
  This report supplements the 2001 statement by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) (CDC. Vaccinia [smallpox] vaccine: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [ACIP], 2001. MMWR 2001;50[No. RR-10]:1–25). This supplemental report provides recommendations for using smallpox vaccine in the pre-event vaccination program in the United States.
  
  To facilitate preparedness and response, smallpox vaccination is recommended for persons designated by public health authorities to conduct investigation and follow-up of initial smallpox cases that might necessitate direct patient contact. ACIP recommends that each state and territory establish and maintain >1 smallpox response team. ACIP and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) recommend that each acute-care hospital identify health-care workers who can be vaccinated and trained to provide direct medical care for the first smallpox patients requiring hospital admission and to evaluate and manage patients who are suspected as having smallpox. When feasible, the first-stage vaccination program should include previously vaccinated health-care personnel to decrease the potential for adverse events. Additionally, persons administering smallpox vaccine in this pre-event vaccination program should be vaccinated.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Also published as Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, 2003; v. 52, no. 7
• Subjects:
  Bioterrorism Contraindications Health Personnel Humans Immunization Programs / Standards Public Health Practice / Standards Smallpox / Prevention & Control Smallpox / Transmission Smallpox Vaccine / Administration & Dosage Smallpox Vaccine / Adverse Effects Vaccination / Standards Vaccinia / Etiology Vaccinia / Prevention & Control

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• Source:
  MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2003; v. 52, Dispatch
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Subseries:
  Dispatch
• Publisher:
  United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Practice Guideline
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  18 pdf pages
• Volume:
  52
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/250208/cdc_250208_DS1.pdf
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