COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF SUSPECTED BW SPECIMENS

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Subject: COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF SUSPECTED BW SPECIMENS         

Unit: US NAVY     

Parent Organization: US NAVY     

Box ID: BX300104

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

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     S40ULD BE COLLECTED AS SOON AS p             TOTAL COPIES REQUIRED
                                        OSSIBLE FOLLOWING THE ONSET OF
     SYMPT6MS. IN ADDITIONG SERUM SHOULD BE COLLECTED AT THIS TIME
     ALL PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN TH@                                        FROM
     S40ULD BE                       SUSPECTED ATTACK. CONVALESCENT SERUM
                COLLECTED AGAIN FROM ALL SURVIVORS AND MEMBERS OF THE
     ATTACKED UNIT IN 3-4 WEEKS.
     (B)     AUTOPSY SAMPLES:
     (1)     TISSUE: COLLECT IN OUPLICATE9 (1) 25-50 GRAMS FROZEN FOR
     MICROZTOX, (2) FORMALIN FIXED FOR HISTOPATHOLOGY,      ORGANS TO BE
     SAMPLED INC-UDE LONG9 MEDIASTINAL LYMPHNODES* SPLEENG AND LIVER9
     OBVIOUS LISIONS SHOULD BE SAMPLED AS WELL AS ADJACENT NORMAL TISSUE.
     (2) rW BLOOD:    AT LEAST 20 9L SHOULD BE 68TAINED AND SUBMITTED AS
     EITHER SERUM OR  CLOT/CELLS.
     (C) ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIMENS:
     (1) @ SAM2LING OF POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCES AFTER A SUSPECTED
     BW INCIDENT'RS IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING THE TYPE OF AGENT AND METHOD
     OF DELIVERY
         (A) eV TISSUE AND BLOOD FROM DEAD ANIMALS SHOULD BE SAMPLED AS
     ABOVE FOR HJMAN SPECIMENS.
        (B) @ WATER AND FOOD SAMPLES SHOULD BE COLLECTED IN AVAILABLR
     CONTAINERS TE- URINE SPECIMEN CUPS9 "WHIRLN PLASTIC SAGS9 PLASTIC
     SAGS9 LTC).
         C) PW POWDERS OR RESIDUES FROM SURFACES AND/OR VEGETATION
     SHOULD BE CAREFULLY PLACED TN APPROPRIATE CONTAINERS AND TIGHTLY
     SEALED (CONTACT PERSONNEL BELOW).
     (2) '3) WHI-E ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING AFTER A SUSPECTED BW INCIDENT IS
     AIPROPRIATE9 ROUTINE SURVEILLANCE OF POTENTIAL BW SOURCES OR TARGETS9
     SJCJ AS WAT7R9 FOOD9 AND SURFACES Ts CONSIDERED NEITHER FEASIBLE NOR
     REALTZ)TIC.
) SPECIMEN LABELING:
     (A) tW CONTAINER: PATIE@ITFS NAMET SSNO UNIT (AND MTF IF DIFFERENT)T
     DATE.
     (8) @ OTH7-R REQUIRED INFORMATION (WITH APPROPRIATE SECURITY
     CLASSIFICATION):
        1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION (TYPE OF UNIT ATTACKED9
     OPERATIONALSCENARIO WHEN SUSPECTED ATTACK TOOK PLACE9 EXACT LOCATION
     0'= ATIACK AND DESCRIPTION OF TERRATNG DATE9 TIME OF DA*g WEATHER
     C3NO-ITIONS9 SUSPECTED DELIVERY MODE9 VEHICLE9 OR SOURCE OF AGENT)*
        (2) tV DETAILED CLINICAL HISTORY AND AUTOPLY FINDINGS (IF
     APPROPRIATE) INCLUDING TIME OF DEATHO PLACE9 DATE AND FIME OF
     COLLECTIONG PROSECUTOR AND UNIT-
     4* @ SPECIMEN PACKAGING AND TRANSPORTATION:
     (A) M4 ALL SPECIMENSI EXCEPT FORMALIN FIXED TISSUE9 SHOULD BE
     TRANSPORTED FROZEN AOR As COLD AS POSSIBLE IF UNABLE TO FREEZE) AS
     SOON AFTF3 :OLLECTIOI AS POSSIBLE.
     (8) N PRIOR TO SHIPMENT OF SPECIMF,4TS9 CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:
      LCOR B. iERRELL9 MSC* US.4 OR LT A. RICHARDS9 MSC9 USN
     MC@1=91017/21784   TOR=qlOl7/1058Z    TAO=91017/1101Z     COStJ=NFP938
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