DAILY STAFF JOURNAL OR DUTY OFFICERS LOG 18-20 JAN 91

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Subject: DAILY STAFF JOURNAL OR DUTY OFFICERS LOG 18-20 JAN 91           

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box ID: BX000017

Folder Title: DUTY LOG  G3 18-20 JAN 91                                                                       

Document Number:       2003

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   SUBJECT: ANTHRAX BIOLOGICAL AGENT PROTECTION (C)

   1.       THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO DESCRIBE PROTECTIVE MEASURES
   &INST ANTHRAX AND.THE USE OF CIPROFLOXACIN (CIPRO) BLISTER PACKS BEING

   DISTRIBUTED TO UNITS.


   2.       THERE ARE SEVERAL MEASURES WHICH CAN PROTECT SOLDIERS FROM THE

   BIOLOSICAL WARFARE AGENT ANTHRAX. THE CHEMICAL MASK, A VACCINE, AND

   ANTIBIOTICS ALL PROVIDE EFFECTIVE PROTECTION. THE BEST, MOST EFFECTIVE

   PROTECTION IS THE CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE MASK. AN EFFECTIVE VACCINE AGAINST

   ANTHRAX HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED TO SOME UNITS. ADDITIONAL UNITS WILL BE

   IMMUNIZED AS MORE VACCINE BECOMES AVAILABLE. CERTAIN ANTIBIOTICS PROVIDE

   SOME PROTECTION AND ARE USED IN TREATMENT OF ANTHRAX INFECTIONS.

   3.       THE ANTIBIOTIC CIPROFLOXACIN (CIPRO) PROVIDES TEMPORARY

   PROTECTION AGAINST ANTHRA@ EXPOSURE. UNITS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED TO PICK UP

   SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES OF BLISTER PACKS OF CIPRO 500 MG TABLETS FROM THE
   SWPHLMEDSOM. SOLDIERS WILL BE ISSUED ONE BLISTER PACKAGE (FIVE (5) DAY
        Y OF TEN (10) TABLETS) OF CIPRO. IN THE EVENT OF POTENTIAL

   BIOWARFARE ATTACK OR SUSPECTED EXPOSURE, UNITS MAY BE ORDERED TO BEGIN

   PROTECTION WITH CIPRO. WHEN DIRECTED TO TAKE CIPRO, SOLDIERS WILL TAKE

   ONE TABLET EVERY 12 HOURS. DO NOT MAKE UP A MISSED DOSE BY TAKING TWO

   TABLETS. CORPS HEADQUARTERS WILL ASSESS THE RISK OF CONTINUED ATTACK

   DAILY AND WILL NOTIFY MSC WHEN TO DISCONTINUE CIPRO.
   4.       IF AN ANTHRAX ATTACK IS CONFIRMED, SOLDIERS SUSPECTED OF HAVING

   BEEN EXPOSED WILL CONTINUE ANTIBIOTICS FOR AT LEAST FOUR WEEKS AND WILL

   RECEIVE THE ANTHRAX VACCINATION SERIES IF NOT ALREADY IMMUNIZED. FOR

   SOLDIERS SUSPECTED OF HAVING BEEN EXPOSED TO AN ANTHRAX ATTACKI MEDICAL








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File Room = mar96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000017
Unit = XVIII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = DUTY LOG G3 18-20 JAN 91
Folder Seq # = 80
Subject = DAILY STAFF JOURNAL OR DUTY OFFICERS LOG 18-20 J
Document Seq # = 2003
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Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 08-NOV-1996