BIOLOGICAL WARFARE VACCINATION GUIDELINES

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Subject: BIOLOGICAL WARFARE VACCINATION GUIDELINES                       

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Parent Organization: HSC         

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Folder Title: BIOLOGICAL WARFARE VACCINATION GUIDELINES                                                       

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           UNCLASSIFIED


           DECLASSIFIED
           ON: 15 NOV 96
           BY: SEC ARMY (DAMH) UNDER SEC 3.4 EO 12958
          AMPN/SUBJECT: (U)BIOLOGICAL WARFARE VACCINATION GUIDELINES//
          RMKS/1. (U) A theater-wide anthrax vaccination program is to be
          initiated within the following guidelines.
          2.       Personnel to be vaccinated
              A. @ Only personnel assigned to f ixed units within the
          areas designated by CENTCOM are to be vaccinated at the present
          time. No transient or shipboard personnel are to be vaccinated.
          Exceptions are pathologists and medical laboratory personnel.
              B.         Suf f icient quantities of anthrax vaccine will be
          available by May 1991 to vaccinate all personnel in the AOR.
          3. (U) Anthrax vaccine information
              A.         The anthrax vaccine is administered as a 0.5cc
          subcutaneous injection as outlined in the package insert and the
          educational materials provided with each vaccine shipment.       Two
          doses are to be given approximately 14 days apart.
              B. @ Personnel can expect some burning at the injection
          site for up to two minutes after injection. Less than six percent
          of personnel will experience mild local discomfort at the injection
          site lasting two to three days and less than one per cent will have
          a more severe local reaction lasting one to two days.
          4.       Anthrax vaccination administrative requirements
              A. @ The vaccine is to be administered in an enclosed area.
          No media is to be present.    No photographs are permitted.      The
          concept is to keep this program as low key as possible.
              B. f@ Soldiers should have available and read the following
          statement immediately prior to receiving the anthrax vaccine:


                 5 USC 552 (b)(1)


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          anthrax, a potential biological warfare agent.    You will receive
          the second shot in about two weeks.    The shots are safe but may
          cause an initial burning sensation lasting 1 to 2 minutes and
          minimal local irritation at the injection site lasting 2 to 3 days.

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              C.       The above statement is not to be distributed.
              D.         Rosters of personnel receiving vaccine will be
          maintained and will include name, SSN, rank, and unit.
              E.      Vaccinations may be recorded on PHS-731 (yellow shot
          record) or on SF-601 (Immunization Record) .

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