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Smallpox Resources for Health Officials

Below is a list of useful materials for state and local health departments. (Note: this is only a partial listing of resources available on the CDC Smallpox Site.)

On this page: • Response Planning • Diagnosis/Evaluation • Laboratory Testing • Surveillance & Investigation • Exposure Management • Infection Control • Vaccination • Training • References

Response Planning

• Smallpox Response Plan & Guidelines (Version 3.0) UPDATED Jun 25, 2004
  Provides direction to state and local health officials for responding to a smallpox emergency.
  
• Guidance for Post-Event Smallpox Planning
• Supplemental Guidance for Planning & Implementing the National Smallpox Vaccination Program (NSVP)
  • Information & Data Management for Pre-Event Vaccination
• Cooperative Agreement Award Notice & Grant Guidance
• Press Release: CDC initial review of state smallpox vaccination plans

For additional resources, see Smallpox Preparation & Planning.

Diagnosis/Evaluation

• Case Definition
• Risk Evaluation Algorithm: Evaluate a Rash Illness Suspicious for Smallpox UPDATED Jun 28, 2004
• Worksheet: Evaluating Patients for Smallpox PDF (182 KB/4 pages)
  For collecting information on cases of acute, generalized vesicular or pustular rash illness & to classify risk of smallpox using CDC criteria.
  
• Poster: Evaluating Patients for Smallpox

For additional resources, see Smallpox Diagnosis/Evaluation.

Laboratory Testing

• Acute, Generalized Vesicular or Pustular Rash Illness Testing Protocol in the United States
  Protocol developed to illustrate types of lab testing for patients with acute, generalized vesicular or pustular rash illness
  
• Specimen Collection of Vaccinia Virus
• Packaging Protocols for Biological Agents/Diseases PDF (61 KB/5 pages)

For additional resources, see Smallpox: Laboratory Testing.

Surveillance & Investigation

• See Smallpox Surveillance & Investigation

Exposure Management

• See Smallpox Exposure Management

Infection Control

• Isolation & Quarantine Guidelines
  From the Smallpox Response Plan & Guidelines
  
• Decontamination Guidelines
  From the Smallpox Response Plan & Guidelines
  

For additional resources, see Smallpox Infection Control.

Vaccination

• ACIP Recommendations for Using Smallpox Vaccine in a Pre-Event Vaccination Program (April 2003)
  Vaccination Guidelines for State & Local Health Agencies
  From the Smallpox Response Plan & Guidelines
  
• CDC Smallpox Vaccine Storage & Handling Policy
• CDC Policy on Unused Smallpox Vaccine
• Vaccine Administration
• Pre-Vaccination Information Packet
  To print & distribute to prospective vaccinees
  
• Legal & Liability Issues
• Information & Data Management for Pre-Event Vaccination
• Maxi-Vac Computer Program (DRAFT)
  Free software for planning optimal large-scale smallpox vaccination clinics
  
• Training: Adverse Event Workshop for State Health Departments
• VAERS Report Follow-up Worksheet PDF (59 KB/1 page)
• Adverse Event Supplemental Surveillance Worksheet PDF (153 KB/1 page)
• Questions & Answers

For additional resources, see Smallpox Vaccination.

Training

• See Smallpox Training

References

• Consensus Statement: Smallpox as a Biological Weapon: Medical and Public Health Management
  Henderson D, Inglesby T, Bartlett J, Ascher MS, Eitzen E, Jahrling, PB
  JAMA 1999 Jun 9;281(22):2127-2137. See abstract
  
• Smallpox & its Eradication
  Fenner F, Henderson D, Arita I, Jezek Z, Ladnyi I
  Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 1988.
  

For additional references, see Smallpox References.

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