MEDICAL PRODUCTS RECOVERY TEAM

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Subject: MEDICAL PRODUCTS RECOVERY TEAM                                  

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Folder Title: MEDICAL PRODUCTS RECOVERY TEAM                                                                  

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                                                                     SGRD-OP
                                                                   13 May 91

                                  INFORMATION PAPER

          SUBJECT: Medical Products Recovery Team

          1. Purpose. Provide information regarding the medical products
          recovered by the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of infectious
          Disease (USAMRIID) recovery team during their recent trip to South
          West Asia (SWA).

          2. Facts.

               a. The USAMRTID Medical Product Recovery Team comprised of
          Major William R. Cline, MS. and Captain William S. Whitten, Ms,
          traveled to 47th MEDSOM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1 may 91 and
          returned to Fort Detrick, Maryland, with the products, 10 May 91.

               b.  instructions to the team were to recover all remaining
          vaccines and medical products shipped into the theater by the
          Command.

               C.   No temperature records were maintained on any of the
          products. The only items which were routinely inventoried by the
          47th MEDSON were the centoxin and the ribavirin. Records of these
          inventories were recovered.

               d. All special medical products were maintained in a
          48 foot, refrigerated trailer until the unit malfunctioned 17 April
          91. After approximately 15 hours, the malfunctioned was discovered
          and the items were related into two 600 foot, refrigerated units.

               a.   USAMRIID Team discovered that refrigeration unit #2
          malfunctioned on I May 91 resulting in freezing some of the
          products. The same unit was found not running on the morning of 7-
          9 May (out of fuel).
               It Thg USMOIID team raturnad Qn 10 May 91.        Enrb mf-,dirml
          product was inventoried and stared in an appropriate storage
          facility.   The Surgeon's Office at CENTCOM is coordinating an
      effort to have any remaining product returned to USAMRIID as soon
          as possible.
               g. Recommendations regarding the medical products:

                     (1) Anthrax vaccine. since this is a licensed    product,
          it is not subject to special FDA rules, but rather is treated like
          any other fully licensed product.       The manufacturer (Michigan
          Department of Public Health) is currently operating under contract
          to USAMRDC at maximum capacity to produce new material. They do
          not have capacity for retesting any old vaccine lots which would
          require BL-3 containment and immunized personnel. currently,

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Box ID = BX003203
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Parent Organization = HSC
Folder Title = MEDICAL PRODUCTS RECOVERY TEAM
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Subject = MEDICAL PRODUCTS RECOVERY TEAM
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