How to handle anthrax and other biological agent threats

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Friday, October 12, 2001, 21:00 EDT (9:00 PM EDT)
  
  CDCHAN-00029-2001-10-12-ADV-N
  
  Many facilities in communities around the country have received anthrax threat letters. Most were empty envelopes; some have contained powdery substances. The purpose of these guidelines is to recommend procedures for handling such incidents.
  
  Event Type: anthrax terrorism event
  
  Context: general information
  
  Event Type: Man-made
  
  Agent Type: bacteria
  
  Specify Agent (Name): anthrax
  
  International: no
  
  Intentional/Unintentional: intentional
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anthrax Bacillus Anthracis Bioterrorism Disaster Planning Hazardous Substances Postal Service Safety/standards Specimen Handling/standards Spores, Bacterial Toxins, Biological
• Source:
  HAN ; 029
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Document Type:
  HAN Health Advisory
• Genre:
  Guideline
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  3 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  29
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c851d9c859b92eb198b4c2cc85e0e2b96807c4ba310781058be2cf37c3f1a7a0ce938256198bf49460a58982b50a0ad65e9d9c4e69633e3b4ed920d3abf2e065
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24942/cdc_24942_DS1.pdf
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