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Public Health/Disaster preparedness
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| Medical Advisory Committee – Cuyahoga Board of Health – Rabies Update |
| Know
your ABCs: a quick guide to Reportable Infectious Diseases in Ohio |
| Smallpox
Resources |
| CDC:
Smallpox Update |
| HHS
announces funding for academic centers for public health preparedness |
| CDC:
largest-ever deployment of epidemic intelligence service officers since 9-11 |
| CDC
releases new Web site for Bioterrorism Resources |
| FDA proposes
antiterrorist food safety guidelines |
| AMC/NOMA
Bioterrorism Frequently Asked Questions - Pamphlet (397k PDF) |
| Ohio Department of Health -
Ohio Biological Threat Response (10K PDF) |
Know your ABCs: A Quick Guide to Reportable
Infectious Diseases in Ohio
from the February, 2001 revised Ohio Administrative Code
3701-3-02, 3701-3-05, and 3701-3-12
- Diseases by class, with reporting requirements (alphabetical listing of diseases
follows) (23k PDF) |
| MMWR Summary: CDC Anthrax
Investigation Update and New Information (21k PDF) |
| CDC
forms strategy for smallpox outbreak |
Medicare covers
anthrax testing in appropriate situations |
CDC Advisory: Protecting Investigators
Performing Environmental Sampling for Bacillus anthracis: Personal Protective Equipment,
Nov 7, 2001
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/DocumentsApp/Anthrax/Protective/Protective.htm |
Children and Anthrax: A Fact Sheet for
Clinicians, Nov 7, 2001
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/DocumentsApp/Anthrax/11072001/clinician.htm |
Children and Anthrax: A Fact Sheet for
Parents, Nov 7, 2001
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/DocumentsApp/Anthrax/11072001/parents.htm |
| Notice
to Readers: Interim Recommendations for Protecting Workers from Exposure to Bacillus
anthracis in Work Sites in which Mail is Handled or Processed |
| Official
CDC Health Advisory: Use of Ciprofloxacin or
Doxycyline for postexposure prophylaxis for prevention of inhalational anthrax |
| Anthrax
Case Update information |
| Update: Investigation of
Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax and Interim Guidelines for Clinical Evaluation of Persons
with Possible Anthrax |
| AMC/NOMA
compiles list of bioterrorism resources and guidelines |
| American Medical Association releases
guide for physician reservists |
| AMA to provide
archives of Journal of American Medical Association articles to the public |
| AMC/NOMA compiles list of physicians
volunteers for bioterrorism response and to provide clinical information - includes
article by Dr. James Tasse, AMC/NOMA board member and chairman of the Trauma and Emergency
Care Committee. |
| Center for Disease Control
Anthrax and biological agent information sheet |
| U.S. Army
Biological Weapon agent characteristics chart |
Case Western Reserve University
sponsors two sessions on biologic and chemical terrorism - AMC/NOMA president to moderate
both sessions |
| Article on
terrorist use of biologic agents by Thomas E. Collins, MD, FACEP, member of the
AMC/NOMA
Trauma and Emergency Care Committee. |