Caring for people who were in contact. Receptive to persons at high risk of developing advanced wind smallpox should be Varicella-Zoster-immunoglobulin (VZIG), which is allowed to use and can be ordered from the regional organization, the American Red Cross. Indications for the appointment of VZIG the following 3 factors:
1. The likelihood of complications after smallpox wind.
2. The probability that the contact with patients, wind smallpox or shingles lead to disease.
3. The likelihood that exposed susceptible to wind ospe.
Contact with a smallpox wind in the home almost always ends with the disease exposed, while other types of contacts such probability less.
Contact a healthy person more than 2 days before the appearance of bubbles and after 5 days after that is relatively low risk of the disease. Those who endured wind smallpox, usually considered immune. These may be people and denying the disease in the past. To resolve the issue of sensitivity to wind ospe or the existence of immunity to it at the person, not bolevshego earlier, should conduct a thorough survey of the contact and its immediate environment (especially young spouses) to visit communities (such as school), which could be sick wind smallpox or shingles. Valuable information on the status of the immune status could provide laboratory tests, but because this should not delay the use of VZIG more than 96 hours after contact.