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Smallpox Vaccination for Emergency Physicians *
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2003.tb00055.x
Subject(s) - smallpox , medicine , vaccination , smallpox vaccination , smallpox vaccine , health care , medical emergency , family medicine , virology , vaccinia , law , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , political science , recombinant dna
On December 13, 2002, President Bush formally announced the national smallpox vaccination program. The plan involves vaccinating health care workers who would respond to possible smallpox cases, including emergency physicians. Although not all aspects of the program are clearly established, it appears that vaccination of health care workers will occur in the near future. This joint statement has been used by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine regarding smallpox vaccination for emergency physicians.