Cross-Contamination Issues During a Biological Emergency Response Effort: Lessons Learned

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• Personal Author:
  Gressel, Michael G. ; Hartle, Richard W. ; McCammon, Jane B. ; McKernan JL ; Taylor L
• Description:
  Response Team investigators from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), recognised the potential for Bacillus anthracis (B. anthracis) cross-contamination during recent emergency response activities in the Capitol area. The three case studies presented offer the opportunity to examine procedural response practices related to bioterrorism events, and consider the ''lessons learned''. An examination of the actions, practices and environmental sampling results from the Capitol response effort compelled investigators to develop six recommendations that, if implemented, should reduce the potential for cross-contamination in future national and international emergency response activities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biological Warfare Agents Case Reports Communicable Diseases Emergencies Microbiology Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Anthrax, Lessons Learned Author Keywords: Biological Emergency Response Bacillus Anthracis Biological-warfare-agents Biological-weapons Case-studies Cross-contamination Emergency-response Emergency Response Infectious-diseases Microorganisms

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• ISSN:
  1471-4825
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  363-373
• Volume:
  1
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026128
• Citation:
  Int J Emerg Manag 2003 Dec; 1(4):363-373
• Contact Point Address:
  United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  zwd4@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Emergency Management
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9c77bf53fa3ca5509061db31ff688730fd6152a971923d5995523055e368f3de294cc52fb520105d1b20f79e43370cca200e0223125f7384f8920111c0ea2641
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197199/cdc_197199_DS1.pdf
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