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


Subject:
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Anthrax
Bacillus Anthracis
Bioterrorism
Disaster Planning
Hazardous Substances
Postal Service
Public Health
Safety/standards
Specimen Handling/standards
Spores, Bacterial
State Government
Toxins, Biological

Series:
HAN ; 030
Document Type:
HAN Health Update
Genre:
Guideline
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Health Alert Network (HAN)
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:42459128fa625a1e1a915c263e29b094bbac12063f3cfaf2002da259c264e4b7
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