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File: 110796_aacrw_01.txtE 291900Z AUG 90 FROM USCENTAF ~WD HQ ELEMENT//SO// TO 1TFW DEFLOYED//CC/SG// - 4TFW DEPLOYED//CC/96// 56TFW DEPLOYED//CC/SO// - 363TFW DEFLOYED//CC/SG// 552AWAC~ DEPLOYED//CC/SO// 22AREW DEPLOYED//CC/SO// 22AREFS DEPLOYED//CC/SO// 42BMW DEFLOYED//CC/SG// iSOAFREG DEPLOYED//CC/SO// 306SW DEFLOYED//CC/SO// 55SRW DEFLOYED//CC/SG// 6916ESS DEFLOYED//CC/SG// . - 214WOC DEFLOYED//CC/SG// 317~0C DEFLOYED//CC/SG// 435WOC DEPLOYED//CC/SO// AFSOC DEPLOYED//CC/SO// INFO SAF SHAW AFB SC//HO// HQ TACGFS LANGLEY AFB VA//BS/SG// ~ UNCLASSIFIED E F T 0 ~ SUBJECT: OUTBREAKS OF DIARRHEA. 1, THE FOLLOWING IS IN RESFONSE TO REPORTS OF OUTBREAKS OF DIARRHEA THROUGHOUT THE THEATER. A. COMMANDERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF ASSIGNED FORCES. PUPLIC HEALTH ISSUES REQUIRE EMPHASIS DURING FIELD CONDITIONS. B. HISTORICALLY DISEASE AND NONBATTLE INJURY (DNBI) HAVE RESULTED IN MUCH GREATER FORCE ATTRITION DURING CONFLICTS THAN BATTLE. MOST DNBI'S ARE PREVENTABLE AND SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED. C. COMMANDERS SHOULD UTILIZE MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO EVALUATE FOOD SOURCES. FOOD SERVING FACILITIES AND POTABLE WATER SOURCES. THIS IS PARTiCULARLY TRUE WHEN LOCAL SOURCES ARE USED: MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN WASTE AND AVAILABILITY OF HANDWASHING FACILITIES ALSO NEEDS TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY. WHEN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOENVIRONMEN- TAL ENGINEERING PERSONNEL ARE NOT ASSIGNED FLIGHT SURGEONS AND AEROMEDICAL SPECIALISTS SHOULD BE USED. D.- HANDWASHING FACILITIES MUST BE PROVIDED NEAR TOILETS. INADE- QUATE REMOVAL OF FECAL MATERIAL FROM HANDS IS A COMMON CAUSE OF GAS- TROINTESTINAL DISEASE DURING ADVERSE FIELD CONDITIONS. E. MAJCOM/SGS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO AUGMENT DEPLOYED SQUADRON MEDICAL ELEMENTS (SMES) WITH 1 - 907X0 AND 1 -908X0 WHEN SMES ARE NOT CO-LOCATED WITH AN AIR.TRANSPORTABLE HOSPITAL (ATH). COMMANDERS NEED THE EXPERTISE OF THESE TWO AFSCS. 2. USCENTAF FWD HQ ELEMENT/CC SENDS.- 9. FOC: USCENTAF FWD/S9F ATTN COL BUTTS. BT . UNC~SSlFlED
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