HIGH FALSE POSITIVE RATE OF ANTHRAX SMART TESTS 31 JAN 91

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Subject: HIGH FALSE POSITIVE RATE OF ANTHRAX SMART TESTS    31 JAN 91    

Unit: US NAVY     

Parent Organization: US NAVY     

Box ID: BX300104

Folder Title: COMUSNAVLOGSUPFOR NAVY MEDICAL MESSAGE FILES 1990-1991 CNA 2910                                 

Document Number:         87

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                                     /no6ooo//
                    OPER/DESERT STORM//
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                    AMPN/SUBJ: HIGH FALSE POSITIVE RATE OF ANTHRAX SMART TESTS
                    REF/A/SYS.RR)i/USCINCENT/18081)ZJAN91//
                    REF/B/TEL/COMUSNAVLOGSUPFOR/26JAN91//
                    NARR/REF A OUTLINED DISTRIBUTION OF SUBJ KITS. REF 8 WAS TELCON CDR
                    ESCAAILLA NLSF Ng/COL BALES CINCCENT/CCSG/26JAN91 WRT HIGH FALSE
                    POSITIVE RATE//
                    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
                    HAVE NOT 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. @ IN VIEW OF THE PROBLEIA DOCUMENTED WITH ANTHRAX ANTIGEN
QUEST THAT OTHER SMART FORMAT TESTS FIELDED OR
                    SOON TO BE FIELDED FOR DETECTION OF CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULISM TOXIN,
                    PLA,RUE, AND ANTHRAX SPORES BE EXAMINED AT U.S. ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH
                    INSTITUTE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASE USA)iRlID) OR OTHER COMPETENT
                    LABORATORY AND THAT PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE ADDITIONAL
                    TESTS BE ASSURED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
                    -4.      COMUSNAVLOGSUPFOR POC: LCOR BIGGS,
                    5.       RELEASED BY CAPT T. COOK//
                    DECL/OADR// BT




















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