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Some ICPs, epidemiologists likely will be on smallpox response teams; bioterror fears drive decision to break out vaccine.(infection control professionals)

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| July 01, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2003 A Thomson Healthcare Company. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Infection control professionals--particularly those already working with public health or in hospitals designated for smallpox patients--may be asked to join a smallpox response team in the coming months. If you join, you will be among a new wave of people receiving vaccine for smallpox, a disease that has been completely eradicated in the wild.

But in a historic concession to the new age of bioterrorism, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on June 20 recommended that state-based teams of health care workers and public health officials be immunized against smallpox. However, the vaccine will not be offered to the public or health care workers in…

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