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Please use these same
numbers for routine communicable disease reporting.
We will arrange for specialized lab testing and
provide guidelines for treatment, prophylaxis and
infection control. Reporting of such cases may
activate state and federal emergency response
systems.
Communicable
Disease
Reporting
 -
what to report, to whom and when.(rev. 10/4/05)
Confidential Morbidity Form (CMR) - updated 12/05
Bioterrorism
Syndromes:
For a
quick overview of biological and chemical agents
with disease descriptions, pictures, laboratory
and other diagnostic test results, and public
health infection control actions. This chart on
BT Syndromes is from the State
of California
DHS
website.
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BIOLOGICAL:
ANTHRAX:
As more data
are analyzed and more is learned about anthrax as a
biological agent, information and protocols are
being updated continuously. It is recommended that
you check the CDC
website
for the most current treatment
information.
Anthrax
Fact Sheet
- Anthrax information for Healthcare Providers
outlining diagnosis, testing, treatment and
reporting
Anthrax
as a Biological Weapon
2002
- Updated recommendations for management
Images
of cutaneous anthrax
Images
of Inhalation anthrax
BOTULISM:
Botulism
Fact Sheet
General
Information and Technical Information on
Botulism
Botulinum
Toxin as a Biological
Weapon
- Medical and Public Health Management
PLAGUE:
Facts
about Pneumonic
Plague
Plague
as a Biological
Weapon,
covering Medical and Public Health Management
Bulleted
abstract of the same
document
(6 pages)
SMALLPOX:
CDC
Smallpox Resource Kit for Health
Professionals:
Smallpox
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Smallpox
Overview Fact Sheet; Vaccine Overview Fact
Sheet; guidelines on who should NOT receive the
smallpox vaccine; Reactions After Smallpox
Vaccination Fact Sheet
World Health Organization (WHO)
PowerPoint
Presentation on Smallpox
Diagnosis
Poster
on Evaluating Patients for
Smallpox
(Chickenpox vs. Smallpox)
This
poster is from the CDC website and can be
downloaded in two parts:
Part
1 |
Part
2
Smallpox Vaccination & Adverse Events Training
Module
Images of
the spectrum of adverse reactions to vaccinia
(smallpox vaccine) and medical management
information
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/training/smallpoxvaccine/reactions/default.htm
TULAREMIA:
Facts
about Tularemia
Tularemia
as a Biological
Weapon
- Medical and Public Health Management
Bulleted
abstract of this same
document
(6 pages)
VIRAL
HEMORRHAGIC
FEVERS
Facts
about Viral Hemorrhagic
Fevers
Hemorragic
Fever Viruses as Biological
Weapons
- Medical and Public Health Management
CHEMICAL:
Information
on Nerve Agents
Facts
about Cyanide
Facts
about Ricin
Facts
about Sarin
(GB)
Facts
about VX
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