Information for Physicians on Responding to Bioterrorism Threats
Utah Bioterrorism Conference - Oct. 6-9, 2003
Presentation Handouts
Available Here
Online CME Course
Rare
Infections & Potential Bioterrorism Agents This
site has been designed to provide resource information and continuing education
about rare infections and potential bioterrorism agents.
This project is funded by the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality and is being
conducted in cooperation with the Univ.
of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Disaster Preparedness and
the Center
for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education.
Educational Broadcasts
CDC Bioterrorism
Update: Smallpox Preparedness
Archived web broadcast from Dec. 5 and 6, 2002
This program will assist stakeholders in planning and preparation
for vaccinating public health and healthcare response personnel who would be
needed to provide care for and implement control strategies for initial smallpox
cases.
Update
on Options for Preventive Treatment for Persons at Risk for Inhalational Anthrax
Archived web broadcast from Dec. 21, 2001
This late-breaking program for clinicians and public health officials
answers questions in response the 12/18/01 HHS Health Alert on preventive
treatment options (antibiotics, vaccination) for those exposed to inhalational
anthrax. A program fact sheet for the broadcast and audio line is
posted at www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtn.
Smallpox: What Every
Clinician Should Know Archived web broadcast from Dec. 13, 2001
Smallpox disease was eradicated from earth in 1977. Because of concerns that
smallpox virus could be used as an agent of bioterrorism, providers should be
familiar with the disease and the vaccine to prevent it. In this web broadcast, a panel of experts from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) present information on virology, epidemiology, clinical
features and diagnosis of smallpox, and the characteristics and use of smallpox
vaccine. CE credits are available for this program. Information in HTML is posted at
www.phf.org/smallpox1HTML.htm.
AMA co-sponsored
video
broadcast on anthrax Archived web broadcast from Oct. 18,
2001
To provide physicians and other health care workers with an update on how to
correctly recognize, test, diagnose, treat and report cases that could be
attributed to anthrax exposure, the AMA, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), the American Hospital Association and the Public Health
Training Network sponsored a live Web and satellite video broadcast
Thursday, Oct. 18. Streaming webcast is available at: http://www.sph.unc.edu/about/webcasts/2001-10-18_anthrax/
Webcast links for the entire series of bioterrorism broadcasts since October
18 can be found at www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtn.
Documents
MMWR Summary: CDC Anthrax Investigation
Updates and New Information
(PDF
File)
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Quick Primer for Clinicians on Detecting Public Health
Emergencies
CDC Guidelines on responding to Anthrax
Threats
Medical Treatment &
Response to Suspected ANTHRAX (Word Document)
Characteristics of
Biological Warfare Agents (Word Document)
Biological and
Chemical Terrorism: CDC's Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response (PDF
File)
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Helping
the Public Better Understand Biological Threats (PDF
File)
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Links
AMA
- Disaster
Preparedness and Medical Response
JAMA
ARTICLES ON BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
In response to the recent concern about the potential for biological terrorism,
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has made the full text of
articles on this subject available free to the public. The series of
articles by the Working Group on Civilian Biodefense outlines recommendations
for medical and public health professionals following the use of five kinds of
biological weapons against a civilian population - smallpox,
anthrax,
plague,
botulinum
toxin and tularemia.
CDC
Bioterrorism website
Johns
Hopkins University
Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies
- Chemical Agent Fact Sheets
- JAMA Consensus Statements
- BT Preparedness & Response Post-Sept. 11
- FAQ: Information for the General Public
- Hearing on the Threat of Bioterrorism and
the Spread of Infectious Diseases
- Hearing on FEMA's Role in Managing
Bioterrorist Attacks and the Impact of Public Health Concerns
- Biodefense Quarterly - June 2001
Center for Infectious Disease Research
And Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota
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