Biological Warfare Defence Medical Guidelines

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SC~TTEREL) PULMON~RY INFILTRHTES BY CHEST X-R~Y.   ~ DRY
NONPRODUCTIVE COUuH IS VI RTU~LLY UNIVERS~L ~ND SH~F::;IN6 CHILLS


PH~CE C)3 RHIP~~~\\\\
~CCOMP~NY THE FEVER.  THE ~EROSOL ROUTE OF INTOXIC~TION C~N ~LSO
C~USE SHOCr, FLUID ~ND HEMODYN~MIC DER~NGEMENTS1 ~ND POSSIBLY
EVEN DEHTH.  TRE~TMENT CONSISTS OF SUPPORTIVE ME~SURES FOR
PULNON~RY ~ND HEMODYN~MIC COMPROMISE.  ~S ~ PURELY TOXIC
PHENOMENON  ~NTIMICROBI~LS ~RE NOT EFFECTIVE EXCEPT IN SECOND~RY
NOSOCOMI~L INFECTIONS.  THE FEi4 HUM~NS ~CCIDENT~LLY EXPOSED TO
~EROSOLI~ED c.~B H~VE RECOVERED i4ITH SUPPORTIVE C~RE.
    DI~GNOSIS C~N BE ~SSISTED BY FINDING THE TOXIN IN CLINIC~L
S~MPLES.

b.  *    PROTECTION:
    THE PRIM~RY DEFENSIVE ME~SURES f2~G~INST BV\ ~GENTS ~RE
I NDI VI DU~L PROTECT I ON (CHEM I C~L PROTECT I YE OVERG~RMENT/ B~TTLE
DRESS OVERG~RMENT); COLLECTIVE PROTECTION; ~ND ~CTIVE SHELTER
PROTECTION.         --                 _________


P~GE C4 RHIP~~~\\\\ ~                               ___________


7.  (U)  DECONT~MIN~TION
    CHLORINE COMPOUNDS ~RE PONERFUL GERMICIDES NITH ~ NIDE
SPECTRUM OF ~CTIVITY  L~CF:J OF TOXIC RESIDU~LS, ~ND LON PRICE.
LIrE OTHER HHLOGENS   THEY ei~RE HIGHLY PE~CTIVE NITH ORG~NIC
M~TTER ~ND MUST BE USED EITHER ON CLE~N SURF~CES OR IN HIGH
CONCENTR~TIONS.  THEY ~RE CORROSIVE TO MET~LS ~ND HIGHLY
EFFECTIVE ~G~INST B~CTERI~L SPORES SUCH ~S B~CILLUS ~NTHR~CIS.
CLOROX (5% SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; FULL STRENGTH HOUSEHOLD BLE~CH)
IS RN EXCELLENT DISINFECT~NT.  COXIELL~ BURNETI, THE C~US~TIVE
H~GENT OF D. FEVER, IS NOT INHCTIV~TED BY 5% CLOROX BUT IS
IN~CTIV~TED BY EITHER 7C)% ETHYL ~LCOHOL OR 5% CHLOROFORM ~FTER
t2~ CONT~CT TIME OF 3C) MINUTES.
8.  (U)  COMPONENT SURGEONS SHOULD DISSEMINHTE THE CONTENTS OF THIS
MESS~GE TO THE LONEST POSSIBLE LEVEL OF HE~LTH C~RE PROVIDERS.
9.  (U)  CCSG POC IS COL B~LES, HOST NHTION LI~ISON      COMMERCI~L
C)C)I-96~-1-47B-44b~ EXT 244 OR STU III 477-Bl5C.//
DECL/O~DR//
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