Treatment options for postal and other workers exposed to anthrax

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Thursday, December 20, 2001, 21:42 EST (9:42PM EST)
  
  CDCHAN-00064-2001-12-20-UPD-N
  
  Treatment options for postal and other workers exposed to anthrax, Friday, December 21, 2001, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET.
  
  This live satellite and web broadcast will present to postal and other workers the treatment options for prevention of inhalational anthrax for persons who were exposed to anthrax spores and are currently completing 60-day courses of prophylactic antibiotics. An expert from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will review the options for individuals exposed to airborne B. anthracis spores and who may be at risk for inhalational anthrax.
  
  Event Type: anthrax terrorism event
  
  Context: countermeasures/therapeutics
  
  Event Type: Man-made
  
  Agent Type: bacteria
  
  Specify Agent (Name): anthrax
  
  International: no
  
  Intentional/Unintentional: intentional
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anthrax Anti-Bacterial Agents Antibiotic Prophylaxis Bioterrorism Inhalation Exposure Occupational Exposure Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Postal Service
• Source:
  HAN ; 064
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Document Type:
  HAN Health Update
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  3 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  64
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7808a1787bf425d895c77c5bb3165abe73001ad3db939c0808ae720ae159e58f4e29a8a2219865550532683281454dcd53744b315948d84df31d94dd01e094db
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24977/cdc_24977_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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