DAILY STAFF JOURNAL 14 TO 17 JAN 91

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Subject: DAILY STAFF JOURNAL 14 TO 17 JAN 91                             

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000017

Folder Title: DUTY LOG  G3 14-17 JAN 91                                                                       

Document Number:          2

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  SUBJECT: ANTHRAX BIOLOGICAL AGENT PROTECTION


      (-&) THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO DESCRIBE PROTECTIVE MEASURES

  AGAINST ANTHRAX AND THE USE OF CIPROFLOXACIN (CIPRO) BLISTER PACKS BEING

  DISTRIBUTED TO UNITS.


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

  BIOLOGICAL 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 ANTIBIBTICS PROVIDE

    ME P:,NTZCTICN AND ARE USED IN TREAT.LEN' OF ANTHRAA


  3.       THE ANTIBIOTIC CIPROFLOXACIN (CIPRO) PROVIDES TEMPORARY


  PROTECTION AGAINST ANTHRAX EXPOSURE. UNITS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED TO PICK UP

      ICIENT QUANTITIES OF BLISTER PACKS OF CIPRO 500 MO TABLETS FROM THE
  ifH MEDSOM. SOLDIERS WILL BE ISSUED ONE BLISTER PACKAGE (FIVE (5) DAY

  SUPPLY OF TEN (10) TABLETS) OF CIPRO. IN THE EVENT OF POTENTIAL

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

  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. ta) 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 ATTACK, 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 14-17 JAN 91
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Subject = DAILY STAFF JOURNAL 14 TO 17 JAN 91
Document Seq # = 2
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Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 17-DEC-1996