COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF SUSPECTED BIOLOG WARFARE

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Subject: COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF SUSPECTED BIOLOG WARFARE       

Unit: VARIOUS MC  

Parent Organization: VARIOUS MC  

Box ID: BX600054

Folder Title: NUCLEAR BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL MESSAGES                                                        

Document Number:          3

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        AMPN/SUBJ: COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF SUSPECTED BIOLOGICAL
        WARFARE (BW) INCIDENT SPECIMENS (U)//
        RMKS/1. @ BACKGROUND: THE THREAT OF    BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (DW) WITHIN
        THIS THEATER OF OPERATIONS IS CONSIDERED TO BE VERY HIGH. SUSPECTED
        BW ATTACKS OR INCIDENTS HAVE SIGNIFICANT MILITARY, POLITICAL, AND
        MEDICAL IMPLICATIONS AND THEREFORE MUST BE TREATED AND INVESTISATED
        WITH THIS IN MIND. THE NAVY FORWARD LABORATORY HAS THE CAPABILITY TO
                                              5 U.S.C. 552, (b)(1)
                 THE FOLLDWINB INFORMATION IS A GUIDE TO THE COLLECTION OF
        SPECIMENS ASSOCIATED WITH A SUSPECTED BW INCIDENT.
        2. @) SPECIMEN COLLECTION:
        (A) @ EXPOSED PERSONNEL:   ACUTE SERUM (20ML, 7 ML RED TOP X 3)
        SHOULD BE COLLECTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOLLOWING THE ONSET OF
        SYMPTOMS. IN ADDITION, SERUM SHOULD BE COLLECTED AT THIS TIME    FROM
        ALL PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN THE SUSPECTED ATTACK.  CONVALESCENT SERUM
        SHOULD BE COLLECTED AGAIN FROM ALL SURVIVORS AND MEMBERS OF THE
        ATTACKED UNIT IN 3-4 WEEKS.


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File Room = oct96_declassified
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Box ID = BX600054
Unit = VARIOUS MC
Parent Organization = VARIOUS MC
Folder Title = NUCLEAR BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL MESSAGES
Folder Seq # = 18
Subject = COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF SUSPECTED BIOLO
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 12-NOV-1996