Medication Guide

For 6 weeks after vaccination and until the vaccination site has healed, avoid: • Getting pregnant or getting your partner pregnant. [...] It is important to care for the vaccination site properly so that the virus doesn’t spread to other parts of your body or to other people. [...] • Cover the vaccination site with a semipermeable dressing on top of the gauze to provide additional protection against spread of the virus if you are a healthcare worker. [...] Cover the vaccination site with a loose gauze bandage after bathing or showering to allow it to dry out. [...] • Use a waterproof bandage on the vaccination site while exercising if you exercise enough to cause sweat to drip. [...] • Wash clothing, towels, bedding or other items that may have come in contact with the vaccination site separately from other wash. Use hot water with detergent and bleach. [...] • Do not scratch or pick at the vaccination site. [...] • Do not use a bandage that blocks air from the vaccination site. [...] This could cause the skin at the vaccination site to soften and wear away. [...] Expected response at ACAM2000 vaccination site in people never vaccinated with a smallpox or mpox vaccine Note: After 6 to 11 days, check to be sure that your vaccination site looks like one of the pictures above.