Protecting Building Environments from Airborne Chemical, Biologic, or Radiologic Attacks

Details

• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In November 2001, following the discovery that letters containing Bacillus anthracis had been mailed to targeted locations in the United States, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requested site assessments of an array of public- and private-sector buildings by a team of engineers and scientists from CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). In November 2001, this team assessed six buildings, including a large hospital and medical research facility, a museum, a transportation building, two large office buildings, and an office/laboratory building. In January 2002, additional building assessments were conducted at CDC campuses in Atlanta and, in April 2002, at a large, urban transportation facility. A total of 59 buildings were evaluated during this 5-month period. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Conditioning Biological Warfare Agents Chemical Warfare Agents Engineering Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Radiation Safety Safety Management Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-conditioning-equipment Biological-warfare Biological-weapons Chemical-warfare-agents Engineering-controls Environmental-control Heating-systems Radiation-hazards Safety-measures
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  51
• Issue:
  35
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022605
• Citation:
  MMWR 2002 Sep; 51(35):789
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Indoor EnvironmentResearch Tools and Approaches ; Control Technology & Personal Protective Equipment
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183267/cdc_183267_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 59.31 KB ]