Radicalized health care workers and the risk of Ebola as a bioterror weapon.

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• Personal Author:
  Aquino TL
• Description:
  A biological attack employing the deliberate spread of Ebola virus by radicalized health care workers is a significant public health and national security threat. The chain of custody for medical materials contaminated with Ebola can be vast, and opportunities for health care workers to self-infect themselves with Ebola exist. As demonstrated in recent years, Westerners will support Islamic terror organizations by carrying out attacks on domestic soil. This paper addresses scenarios by which Ebola virus could be disseminated into unsuspecting populations by health care workers. Also elucidated are risk mitigation methods. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Environmental Exposure Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Public Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Suicide Viral Diseases

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Ebola; Terrorism; Bioterror; Radical; Healthcare; Suicide; Attack; Outbreak; Surveillance; Virus; Travel; Laboratory; Clinical; Hospital; Communicable Disease Bioterrorism; Health Care Workers; Biological Agents; Biological Effects; Ebola Virus Disease; Viral Diseases; Public Health; Medical Equipment; Contagious Diseases; Exposure Levels; Risk Factors;
• ISSN:
  2157-2526
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065020
• Citation:
  J Bioterror Biodef 2016 May; 7:146
• Contact Point Address:
  Theodore L. Aquino, University of South Florida, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Tampa, Florida
• Email:
  theodore.aquino@gmail.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Bioterrorism & Biodefense
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2dc44e79d1d44e0cbe60829311413f875ef239c8a598959d7804ba30912a213d9aca5c4f231897322ac85b5e1834f4db369e59a0e22edad00c6d5953399e2d6d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249306/cdc_249306_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 248.38 KB ]