How should dressings, and other contaminated smallpox vaccination waste be disposed of in a hospital setting?
Contaminated bandages and, if possible, the vaccination site scab after it has fallen off, should be placed in sealed plastic bags (to further decrease the potential for inadvertent transmission of the live virus contained in the materials), then disposed as per hospital regulations for infectious waste.
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