Details:

Corporate Authors:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Description:
Thursday, October 18, 2001, 13:27 EDT (1:27 PM EDT)

CDCHAN-00032-2001-10-18-ALT-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: multiple guidelines

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
Laboratories
Postal Service
Public Health
Safety/standards
Specimen Handling/standards
Spores, Bacterial
State Government

Series:
HAN ; 032
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:sha256:2994e4049a5a0acaf822dcda62194438c40d49be096609abb2c2ebf1426b1152
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