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Biological Terrorism: Regional Preparedness
Biological Terrorism: Regional Preparedness
Pages 160-166
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· Naturally occurring infectious agents could be used to generate epidemics among susceptible populations, creating confusing disease situations. Naturally occurring or deliberately disseminated spore-forming microbes might continue to persist in the environment, and some aerosolization might occur; environmental detectors might not be able to differentiate between natural and artificially generated contamination.
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Upon completion of assessments, the health care entities and the Illinois Department of Public Health received reports on their emergency and terrorism preparedness. With the assistance of centers of excellence and the Illinois Department of Public Health, all health care entities developed uniform clinical protocols for clinical interventions for biological, chemical, radiological, nuclear, and explosive acts of terrorism.
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Additionally, each of the acute care hospitals installed MEDSAT satellite phones and developed protocols for their utilization. After coordinating with state and local public health and health care delivery entities on stockpiling equipment, supplies, vaccines, and pharmaceuticals, a uniform plan was developed for the distribution of stockpiles.
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The IAC will facilitate application of existing homeland security and medical response solutions with demonstrable capabilities, nonduplication of financial and other resources, and maximum return on investment for governmental and private funding sources, supporting uniform coordinated national preparedness and response. An IAC has been established for use by Rush-Presbyterian-St.
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For example, civilian response can be enhanced and federal homeland security funding can be leveraged through adaptation and incorporation of an extensive menu of emergency medical response solutions developed by the military in the areas of surge capacity, mass casualty response and recovery, education and training, and drills and exercises. Analytical Services The IAC will utilize expertise from the collaborators and recruited SMEs to provide information analysis services that will enhance the value of the reposi
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enable staff and authorized users to initiate a secure Web connection to view and download files with a standard Web browser, (2) maintain a reference database application tied to a search engine that functions as a database of databases, and (3)
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As individual health care providers, we must add the exotic agents to our diagnostic differentials. Hospital administrators must consider augmenting diagnostic capabilities and surveillance programs and even making infrastructure modifications in preparation for the treatment of victims of bioterrorism.
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