HIGH FALSE POSITIVE RATE OF ANTHRAX SMART TESTS

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Subject: HIGH FALSE POSITIVE RATE OF ANTHRAX SMART TESTS                 

Unit: US NAVY     

Parent Organization: US NAVY     

Box ID: BX300098

Folder Title: FOLDER MESSAGE CHRONOLOGICAL FILES 26 JAN 12 FEB 91 6 OF 18                                     

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               TO  USCINCCENT                                    CNO WASHINGTON DC//0932//
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               INFO COMUSNAVCENT

                             //ND6000//
               OPER/DESERT STORM//
               MSGID/SYS.RRM/COMUSNAVLOGSUPFOR/-/JAN//
               AMPN/SUBJ: HIGH FALSE POSITIVE RATE OF ANTHRAX SMART TESTS
               REF/A/SYS.RRM/USCINCENT/18081IZJAN91//
               REF/B/TEL/COMUSNAVLOGSUPFOR/26JAN91//
               NARR/REF A OUTLINED DISTRIBUTION OF SUBJ KITS. REF B WAS TELCON CDR
               ESCAMILLA NLSF N9/COL BALES CINCCENT/CCSG/26JAN9] WRT HIGH FALSE
               POSITIVE @ATE//
               RMKS/1.    ) REF A ANNOUNCED AVAILABILITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF SMART
               TEST KITS FOR USE BY MEDICAL UNITS TO DETECT ANTHRAX ANTIGEN IN
               CLINICAL SPECIMENS. PER REF B ORIG NAVY FORWARD LAB (NFL) REPORTED
               SUBJECT PROBLEM IN KIT LOTS 100, 101, AND 104. OTHER LOT NUMBERS
               HAV @ OT BEEN EVALUATED BY NFL.
               2.      IN VIEW OF THE SERIOUSNESS AND POSSIBLE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES
               OF THIS PREVIOUSLY UNRECOGNIZED PROBLEM ORIG HAS TAKEN THE OPTION NOT
               TO DISTRIBUTE SUBJECT TEST KITS. REQUEST OFFICIAL DECISION AND FINAL
               DISPOSITION OF SUBJECT TEST KITS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
               3. 'V IN VIEW OF THE PROBLEM DOCUMENTED WITH ANTHRAX ANTIGEN
               DETECTIONS KITS, REQUEST THAT OTHER SMART FORMAT TESTS FIELDED OR
               SOON TO BE FIELDED FOR DETECTION OF CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULISM TOXIN,
               PLAGUE, AND ANTHRAX SPORES BE EXAMINED AT U.S. ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH
CTIOUS DISEASE USAMRIID) OR OTHER COMPETENT
               LABORATORY AND THAT PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE ADDITIONAL
               7ESTS BE ASSURED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
                 (LI) COtiL]SNAVLOGSUPFOP. POC: LCDR B!G@@S,
               5. (U) RELEASED BY CAPT T. COOK//
               OPCL/OADR// BT                                          5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(6)











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                            ON: 24 OCT 96
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