A Survey of Acute-Care Hospital-Based Health-Care Workers regarding
Attitudes Towards Smallpox Vaccination
PI: Trish M. Perl, MD, MSc
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epicenters Project
CDC is recommending the vaccination of 500,000 hospital-based health
care workers against smallpox on a voluntary basis. These workers
would provide care to patients with smallpox in the event of a
bioterrorist attack. Little is known about the knowledge and
attitudes of health-care workers regarding smallpox vaccination and
what proportion would be willing to accept it.
Objectives:
- To survey several hundred hospital-based health-care workers
in up to 30 acute-care hospitals in the U.S. regarding: their
knowledge about smallpox vaccine and vaccine adverse events;
whether they have contraindications; their willingness to be
vaccinated; reasons for unwillingness; information they need in
order to decide whether to get vaccinated; and willingness to
work in their facility in the event a patient suspected of having
smallpox is admitted.
- To determine whether health-care workers’ attitudes toward
smallpox vaccination are associated with selected demographic or
occupational characteristics.
For more information on this study please email Kathleen Hover
or contact her at (410) 614-6206.
Developing a Bioterrorism Syndromic Surveillance System
PI: Trish M. Perl, MD, MSc
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
This project will develop and validate a computerized patient records system
based prediction rule using electronically available laboratory data
to track disease syndromes consistant with the characteristics
of a bioterrorism event.
Objectives:
For more information on this study please email Kathleen Hover
or contact her at (410) 614-6206.
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