Bioterrorism Watch Archives – May 1, 2003
May 1, 2003
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Fatal heart attacks rock CDC smallpox vaccination efforts
Fatal heart attacks following smallpox vaccination of health care workers threaten to further derail a struggling government immunization program already suffering from a striking lack of hospital participation. -
Fear of airborne smallpox is behind push to vaccinate
As previously reported in Bioterrorism Watch, top government health officials are pushing mass smallpox vaccinations in the health care system because they fear that Iraq possesses smallpox virus with bioengineered . . . transmission characteristics. -
Health care system falling back into complacency?
Despite 9/11 and its anthrax aftermath, the majority of hospitals and their surrounding communities have slipped back into complacency and are dangerously unprepared for bioterrorism or other mass casualty events, according to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. -
Mind games: Turn terror into a more realistic fear
Much discussion has centered on the physiological signs and symptoms of the various weapons of mass destruction, but what about the psychological state of the public after an attack? -
Hospital safely provides smallpox vaccine shots
Significant planning and organization is necessary to accomplish an efficient hospital-based smallpox vaccination program, but it can be done successfully, reports Kathy Lynn Emanuelsen, RN, Med, director of occupational health at Hartford (CT) Hospital.