A postevent smallpox mass vaccination clinic exercise.
Emergency response plans require careful planning and testing. The exercises can be in the form of tabletop, functional, and full-scale activities. To test a regional plan, various agencies from Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas conducted a postevent mass smallpox vaccination clinic that incorporated federal, state, and local resources. An evaluation of the exercise is provided along with the recommendations for improving a similar future exercise.
Andress
Knox
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Emergency Service, CHRISTUS Schumpert Health System, Shreveport, Louisiana 71101, USA. knox_andress@shs
D023482:Bioterrorism; D004189:Disaster Planning; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007318:Inservice Training; D008145:Louisiana; D012899:Smallpox / Q000517:prevention & control*