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Subject: MEDICAL BIO WARFARE DEFENSE PLAN  8 APR 91                      

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box  ID: BX003202

Folder Title: MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL WARFARE - BW- DEFENSE PLAN                                                   

Document Number:          2

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                                       MMICAL                 AM               OF
                                       AND            P        AND

            4-1.                  Medical surveillance, @ ioirtt medical cam
            be vigilant for           pat-l@ not i         fied early on for @tmft and
                       - Al         anthrax @ents are not cmtagi@,                   tic
            anthrax           may pore a hazard to    @cal               in       of
            blood              vegetative                     isolation precautions         d be
            sufficient to protect @ical                  S@ a major patient flow route
            F    the ACR will be                             , 10th Mad lab       d be
                      to prov@ ass            in the anthrax @cal surveillance
            Mgdical facilities in Oa= s@d oontirne that vigilance.

            4-2. @                        and Botalmo patients,

                 a.                          @ents who have developed symptoms have a
            very low rate of survival.    Death @                 tely 2 to 8 days or earlier
            after           to a I        dose. in spite of the poor p          is,         ive
            antibiotic            is             with associated        rtive           as the
            situation pemits- Pati@                    to       rtive                d      ve
            anthrax          tion. Stress management and Chaplain support are               ed
            for staff as well as patients.

                 b.                  Tcyin, Death                    tely 1-4 days or earlier
                            to a lethal dose of botuimm            if m treatmertt is
                            Provide          ve therapy wi@ the Medical treatmft
esaving if it can be
                       unt3.l the effects of the toxin wear off.          may take
            weeks. Stress               and Chaplain support are encouraged for     @f as
            well as pati@.

            4-3. @                  of                 Patients with ccnventicrk-d Iniuries.

                 a. (U) Patient omtact does not               a respiratory

                 b. @               iwiat3.cn preca@cm          d be taken in surgical
            suites/cperating rwm. InfwUve precauucn                d also be taken in the
            sampling and handling of blood because of the               presenoe of
            vegetative

            4-4. @                  of     in= Pati@ with               l@ IMurles.
            @test @ is that @ent                           t3.cn is            with
                    orits soltrticn. Allied patients may enter the U.S. medical system.
            ASSLMS              ticn      be performed on all                        ted
            PaU@.                   and trea       of the       mm pati@             d be no
            different than any other @ent crice                  ticn is complete.          is
            no hazard to the m&cal @f. see F?4 8-io-4 for additional informticn on
            patierit            ticn procedures.


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