MEDICAL PRODUCTS FOR USE DURING DESERT SHIELD

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Subject: MEDICAL PRODUCTS FOR USE DURING DESERT SHIELD                   

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box ID: BX003202

Folder Title: DESERT SHIELD MEDICAL ISSUES REVIEW AND AD HOC WORKING GROUP                                    

Document Number:          9

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                MEDICAL PRODUCTS FOR USE DURING DESERT SHIELD



          Criteria for Consideration:

                Address infectious disease threats of Desert Shield
                High confidence in safety and potential benefit
                Advantage over existing measures
                Unlicensed products

          Products Already Acquired:

                Centoxin

                     Treatment of Gram-negative Bacterial Sepsis
                     Distribution
                           MEDSOM                80 patients
                           7th MEDCOM            119 patients
                           WRAMC                  1 patient

                Ribavirin (Virasole) - Intravenous (10ml vials)

                     Treatment of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF, RVF,
                           HFRS)

                     Distribution
                           MEDSOM                80 patients
                           7th MEDCOM            5 patients
                           USAMRIID              15 patients

                Ribaviran - Oral (200mg cap 100/btl)

                     Prophylaxis of medical exposures to Hemorrhagic
                           Fever


                     Distribution
                           MEDSOM                400 people
                           7th MEDCOM            25 people
                           USAMRIID              75 people

          Additional products that have been considered:

                Centoxin (Additional doses)
                Hepatitis A Vaccine
                Oral Cholera Vaccine
                Oral Typhoid Vaccine
                Enterotoxigenic E coli (ETEC) Vaccine
                West Nile Virus Vaccine

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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-36
Box ID = BX003202
Unit = OTSG
Parent Organization = HSC
Folder Title = DESERT SHIELD MEDICAL ISSUES REVIEW AND AD HOC WORKING GROUP
Folder Seq # = 31
Subject = MEDICAL PRODUCTS FOR USE DURING DESERT SHIELD
Document Seq # = 9
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 18-OCT-1996