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Step 9: Implement Control
& Prevention Measures
•Should be consistent with the outbreak investigation findings
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•Should be implemented as soon as possible to prevent further infection
•
•Can range from throwing
• away contaminated food
• to administering mass
• prophylaxis & vaccination
The smallpox vaccine diluent in a syringe along side a vile of Dryvax® dried smallpox vaccine.
Speaking Points

•Even though implementing control and prevention measures is listed as step 9, this should be done as soon as possible

•Contaminated food should be destroyed, contaminated water should be sterilized, infectious food handlers should be prohibited from work

•Control and prevention measures will likely be dynamic, adapting as the investigating epidemiologists learn more about the outbreak and agent