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Mass Prophylaxis Planning Tool for Hospitals and Clinics of Riverside County

Adapted by Riverside County Department of Public Health Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Branch from the Clark County Health District Mass Prophylaxis Planning Template for hospitals of Clark County, Nevada

:: Animal and Agriculture Preparedness

:: Disease Reporting

:: JAMA Consensus Statements

:: Peer Reviewed Articles and Other Media

:: Protocols for submitting to Public Health Lab for Testing

:: Useful Links

Protocols for submitting to Public Health Lab for Testing

:: Anthrax Protocol

:: Botulism Protocol

:: Brucellosis Protocol

:: Plague Protocol

:: Tularemia Protocol

:: Negative Staining Electron Microscopic Protocol for Rash Illness | pdf 588kb

:: Presumptive Bacillus anthracis Identification and Similar Organisms | pdf 72kb

:: Approved Tests for the Detection of Bacillus anthracis in the U.S. Laboratory Response Network

:: Presumptive Brucella spp. Identification and Similar Organisms | pdf 68kb

:: Specimen Collection of Smallpox (vaccinia) Vaccine Virus

:: Smallpox Specimen Collection Guidelines | pdf 120kb

:: Specimen Selection | pdf 304kb

:: Spot Tests of Selected Organisms | pdf 96kb

Peer Reviewed Articles and Other Media

:: JAMA: Fatal Inhalation Anthrax in a 94-Year-Old Connecticut Woman

:: JAMA: The Model State Emergency Health Power Act, Planning for and Response to Bioterrorism and Naturally Occurring Infections Diseases

:: JAMA: Bioterrorism: Guidelines for Medical and Public Health Management

:: New England Journal of Medicine: Preventing the Return of Smallpox

:: New England Journal of Medicine: Faster . . . but Fast Enough? Responding to the Epidemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

:: New England Journal of Medicine: A Model for a Smallpox-Vaccination Policy

:: Emerging Infectious Diseases

JAMA Consensus Statements

:: Anthrax as a Biological Weapons | pdf 328kb

:: Smallpox as a Biological Weapon | pdf 376kb

:: Botulism Toxin as a Biological Weapon | pdf 416kb

:: Plague as a Biological Weapon | pdf 352kb

:: Tularemia as a Biological Weapon | pdf 356kb

:: Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses as Biological Weapons | pdf 204kb

Disease Reporting

:: Riverside County Department of Public Health Disease Control Branch

Animal and Agriculture Preparedness

:: American Humane

:: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

:: Animals and Emergencies: Preparedness Information

:: Animal Health and Food Safety

:: UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

Useful Links

:: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

:: CDC Clinician Registry for Terrorism and Emergency Response Updates and Training Opportunities

:: Clinician’s Biodefense Network

:: National Pharmaceutical Stockpile | pdf 124kb

:: Riverside County Department of Public Health Disease Control

:: Riverside County Emergency Medical Services Agency

:: Riverside County Department of Public Health, Public Health Laboratory

:: Riverside County Department of Public Health, Public Health Nursing

:: Riverside County Medical Association

:: U.S. Army Medical Research of Institute of Infectious Disease

:: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

:: CDC Special Pathogens Branch

:: Biomed Distance Learning

:: Food and Drug Administration CDER

:: Centers for Infectious Disease Research and Policy

:: Johns Hopkins Medicine Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies

:: Water Health Connection

:: Journal of the American Medical Association

:: Terrorism Agent Information and Treatment Guidelines for Hospitals and Clinicians | pdf 800kb