This webcast is intended to aid state and local health department and clinical personnel in the establishment of public health and healthcare response teams and in planning for smallpox vaccination delivery, administration, and follow-up.

"December 2002."

Disc 1.Overview: smallpox preparedness and response -- Smallpox vaccine program: communications with the public and stakeholders -- Considerations for hospitals: developing a smallpox healthcare response team -- Disc 2. Introduction to developing a vaccination strategy for smallpox preparedness -- Smallpox vaccine logistics: distribution, storage and security -- Smallpox vaccine clinic operations and management -- Data and information management of the smallpox vaccine program -- Disc 3. Smallpox vaccine contraindications and screening -- Vaccine administration -- Smallpox vaccinee evaluation and follow-up -- Rash illness evaluation -- Evaluation, management, and treatment of adverse events from smallpox vaccine -- Disc 4. Smallpox vaccine laboratory training -- Smallpox vaccine safety and reporting of adverse events -- Smallpox preparedness: considerations for response team volunteers.