MEDICAL BIO WARFARE DEFENSE PLAN 8 APR 91

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Subject: MEDICAL BIO WARFARE DEFENSE PLAN  8 APR 91                      

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Folder Title: MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL WARFARE - BW- DEFENSE PLAN                                                   

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                                     BIO@CAL                               CN,
                                               MD            SYSTEK

             2-1. (U) Bioloctical Warfare                      on, and Sawlinci system,
             Mission is to provide advance notificatim of Bw attack(s); also, to oollect
             eriv            and biomedical samples for AM and                   United States
             (OONUS) analysis for oonfirmatim of BW agent use.                      of BW samples
             and analysis results are depicted in Figure 2-1.

                   a. (U)            Notificaticn, @ a               by BW           the EN
                       and        on System may providp- advance notification to U.S. and/or
             allied forces.

                   b. -ft Motificatim                 servioe           w3-ll assume appropriate
             M:)PP               notified of an             aerosol. if an anthrax attack is
             confirmed or            , the commander will direct SM to begin taking their




             possible. If a botulinum            attack is omfirmed or              , the m&cal
                     should be vigilant for the                of symptoms          SM and
             treat                    ve care as appropriate.

                   c. (LT) All Clear Sicml. @ all clear signa.1 will be extrapolated
             from data          ated from the           on         and M= factors.            all
             clear will be provuw to units based on this data for Ho,

                   d. (u) AM           tortes. AM laboratories are the Navy                 lab
             (NFL) , Army          Tab (AFL), and the 996th Army Lab. Ow primary missim
             of the medical AM labs is to provide analytical                 for the diagnosis
 endemic disease patients. They will also m"ress a
             critical                for rapid BW analysis of positively tested env@tal
             samples fxum the poift s=m detectors and                           @les to
             provide       ts to           Surgeon's Offiae and to          li        chamels.
             Nate that tl* AM lab analysis capabilities can be eas3.ly                     , and
             only v@le env                and bi      cal samples should be           tted.

                   e. (u)                  Samies, only thore point souroe detector         sa3nples
             @ch test Dwitive and other h4ay @icious samples (e.g., liquid
             @lets, I                     etc) will be properly                         Mr
             and           for                        to            cns in rp-f@ 2.         Sanples
             wial be sent to an AM and/or OM= lab                    to                        and
                   d ar-rive wi@ 48              Un3.ted States @ Mmcal
             Devel        and Eng                          ) W3.11 @ide 13W test kits for
             rapid field analyris with the MG po3nt                            Poritive and



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