PREVENTIVE MED SITREP SUMMARY RPT 1 31 DEC 90

File: 970101_sep96_decls62_0001.txt
Page: 0001
Total Pages: 3

Subject: PREVENTIVE MED SITREP SUMMARY RPT 1  31 DEC 90                  

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box  ID: BX003205

Folder Title: PREVENTIVE MEDICINE SITUATION SUMMARY REPORT                                                    

Document Number:          4

Folder Seq  #:         34








                                  U N C L A S S I F I E D


                                      DESERT SHIELD
                       PREVENTIVE MEDICINE SITUATION SUMMARY REPORT
                                   I - 31 DECEMBER 1990


            1. MISSION: No Change.

            2. SITUATION AND CONSIDERATIONS

                a. Enemy situation: No Change

                b. Friendly situation:

                     (1) Status of PVNTMED readiness: Command emphasis on
            individual and unit level preventive medicine measures continue
            to be satisfactory. Major commands have provided excellent
            preventive medicine guidance and training to deploying units.
            Field sanitation team training for deployed units is being
            provided by supporting PVNTMED assets. See Encl 1: SGPS-PSP
            Information Paper, 26 December 1990, Subject, PVNTMED Support
            for Operation Desert Shield; Encl 2: USARIEM Technical Note
            91-1, December 90, Subject, Sustaining Health and Performance
            in The Desert (cover sheet only).
                     (2) Status of potable water supplies: An estimated
            85,000 cases of bottled water are being locally purchased (1.02
            million 1.5 liter bottles). Preventive medicine personnel are
            sampling bottled water and inspecting bottling facilities. As
            water production and distribution points are established the
            use of bottled water is expected to decrease. Coliform
            persistence at chlorination levels of 10 ppm'has been observed
            in large 50,000 gallon storage tanks when precleaning and
            superchlorination was not accomplished before filling. Source:
            informal reports and observations from PVNTRED personnel in
            country.
                     (3) Status of field sanitation facilities & devices:
            Combat Support Hospitals are projected to generate
astewater per day (including
            shower, laundry, kitchen, and surgical). Soil conditions in
            some areas severely limit the use of "pita disposal
            techniques. Disposal of wastewater from field medical
            treatment facilities may become a problem when drastic
            increases in patient loads are experienced. Source: informal
            reports and observations from PVNTMED personnel in country.
                     (4) Status of food sanitation: Commercially produced
            meals operational ready to eat (MORE) are being used to
            supplement MRES. Food quality of MOREs has been satisfactory.
            Problems with MORE packaging not being able to withstand the
            stress of field transportation and handling have been
            reported. Inspection of MOREs at logistic points by veterinary
            personnel.


                                            1

Document 3 f:/Week-36/BX003205/PREVENTIVE MEDICINE SITUATION SUMMARY REPORT/preventive med sitrep summary rpt 1 31 dec 90:12249609314363
Control Fields 17
File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-36
Box ID = BX003205
Unit = OTSG
Parent Organization = HSC
Folder Title = PREVENTIVE MEDICINE SITUATION SUMMARY REPORT
Folder Seq # = 34
Subject = PREVENTIVE MED SITREP SUMMARY RPT 1 31 DEC 90
Document Seq # = 4
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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 = 24-DEC-1996