BWH Communicates Smallpox Vaccination Plan- BWH Bulletin - For and about the People of Brigham and Women's Hospital
BWH Communicates Smallpox Vaccination Plan- BWH Bulletin - For and about the People of Brigham and Women's Hospital
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March 14, 2003
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Lights, Camera, Surgery: BWH Launches First Surgical Webcast
Running for Community Health
BWH Employees running with Team Brigham 2003
Quotes from BWH Team Brigham
BWH Communicates Smallpox Vaccination Plan
Honoring BWH’s Leading Women
March is National Social Work Month
Surgical Technologist Intern Program
BWH to Celebrate Take Your Children to Work Day
BWH Blood Donor Center Raffle
Attention New Employees
BWH is working daily to inform and educate its staff about measures and precautions that are part of the hospital’s plans to meet the challenges of the federal smallpox vaccination program. BWH’s first information session, open to all interested staff, took place on Wednesday. The session was led by Richard Zane, MD, vice chairman of Emergency Medicine and medical director for Emergency Preparedness and Bio-defense; Deborah Yokoe, MD, associate BWH epidemiologist, Infectious Disease; and Marlene Freely, RN, NP, director, Occupational Health Services. More than 100 employees gathered to obtain information about the nation’s plan to immunize approximately 100 to 150 health care workers at each hospital in Massachusetts. Several important issues associated with the vaccination program were discussed, including vaccination rationale and strategies, the potential side effects and contraindications for vaccinations. “BWH’s role in the implementation of this federal program is a way for us as health care workers to help the fight against bioterrorism,” said Zane. BWH will hold its next informational session on the smallpox vaccination program on Monday, March 24 at 7:30 a.m. in the Bornstein Family Amphitheater.