Smallpox is a dangerous and very painful disease that is easily transmitted and contracted which is why this disease has been such a problem. The main way of contracting smallpox was by direct contact with another infected person. It could be that they spread their germs by touching someone or someone touching their infected bedding or clothes. Mothers could pass it onto their fetus because it could cross over the placenta.
Therefore, anyone who came in contact with patients with smallpox had to take extreme precautions due to being so easily contracted. The CDC stated that older nurses that work in the community hospital and specifically work in the emergency room are the most susceptible to contracting the small pox virus from their patients.
Nurses age 50 and older who work in the emergency departments of community hospitals.-rationale: the cdc recommends the smallpox vaccine for nurses who received the vaccine as children (which includes those older than age 50) who work in the emergency department; emergency department nurses are most likely to care for those infected with the smallpox virus. nurses born after 1971 were not previously vaccinated against smallpox so the vaccine is not currently recommended for those nurses. military history doesnot dictate whether or not the vaccine is recommended. nurses who work in the pediatric unit arent at high risk for smallpox exposure; therefore, the vaccine isnt recommended for this group. client needs category: safe, effective care environment client needs subcategory: safety and infection control cognitive level: analysis reference: wharton m., et al. (2003, april 4). recommendations for using smallpox vaccine in a pre-event vaccination program [online]. available: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5207a1.htm [2007, april 23].
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