Smallpox immunisation - Cord Blood
Scenarios
Immunised individual
- Includes
- Excludes
- Obligatory
Must not donate if:
Inoculated during pregnancy.
- Discretionary
Smallpox immunisation is with live virus. We do not want to pass the virus on to people receiving stem cells.
Contact with an immunised individual
- Includes
- Excludes
- Obligatory
Must not donate if:
Secondarily inoculated during this pregnancy.
- Discretionary
If no new skin lesions, accept.
- Additional information
Close contacts of vaccinees (household or direct bodily contact) may become secondarily infected from direct skin contact with an infected inoculation site or from virus on clothing, bedding, dressings etc. If infection occurs, a new skin rash, blister or sore appears at the site of contact, which could be anywhere on the body. The rash represents a secondary vaccination site and presents exactly the same potential risk to patients and staff as that of a person who has been intentionally immunised.