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                                                        

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                (B) M* AUTOPSY SAMPLES:
                (1) 00) TISSUE: COLLECT   IN DUPLICATE, (1) 25-50 GRAMS FROZEN FOR
                MICRO/TCX, (2) FORMALIN FIXED FOR HISTOPATHOLOGY. ORGANS TO BE
                SAMPLED INCLUDE LUNG, MEDIASTINAL LYMPHNODES, SPLEEN, AND LIVER,
                OBVIOUS LESIONS SHOULD BE SAMPLED AS WELL AS ADJACENT NORMAL TISSUE.
                (2) @ BLOOD- AT LEAST 20 ML SHOULD BE OBTAINED AND SUBMITTED AS
                EITHER SERUM OR CLOT/CELLS.
                (C ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIMENS:
                (1) -W SAMPLING OF POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCES AFTER A SUSPECTED
                BW INCIDENT IS IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING THE TYPE OF AGENT AND METHOD
                OF DELIVERY.
                     A) -S) TISSUE AND BLOOD FROM DEAD ANIMALS SHOULD BE SAMPLED AS
                ABOVE FOR HUMAN SPECIMENS.
                     (B) 4" WATER AND FOOD SAMPLES SHOULD BE COLLECTED IN AVAILABLE
                CONTAINERS (ZE. URINE SPECIMEN CUPS, "WHIRL" PLASTIC SAGS, PLASTIC
                SAGS, ETC).
                     (C) @ POWDERS OR RESIDUES FROM SURFACES AND/OR VEGETATION
                SHOULD BE CAREFULLY PLACED IN APPROPRIATE CONTAINERS AND TIGHTLY
                SEALED (CONTACT PERSONNEL BELOW).
                (2) @ WHILE ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING AFTER A SUSPECTED BW INCIDENT IS
                APPROPRIATE, ROUTINE SURVEILLANCE OF POTENTIAL BW SOURCES OR TARGETS,
                SUCH AS WATER, FOOD, AND SURFACES IS CONSIDERED NEITHER FEASIBLE NOR
                REALISTIC.
                3. @ SPECIMEN LABELING:
                (A) -M CONTAINER: PATIENT'S NAME, SSN, UNIT (AND MTF IF DIFFERENT),
                DATE.
                (B) @ OTHER REDUIRED INFORMATION (WITH APPROPRIATE SECURITY
                CLASSIFICATION):
                     (1) "W BACKGROUND INFORMATION (TYPE OF UNIT ATTACKED,
                OPERATIONAL SCENARIO WHEN SUSPECTED ATTACK TOOK PLACE, EXACT LOCATION
           OF ATTACK AND DESCRIPTION OF TERRAIN, DATE, TIME OF DAY, WEATHER
                CONDITIONS, SUSPECTED DEC'IVER-Y MODE, VEHICLE, OR SOURCE OF AGENT).
                     (@@) @ DETAILED CLINICAL HISTORY AND AUTOPSY FINDINGS (IF
                APPROPRIATE) INCLUDING TIME OF DEATH, F-LACE, DATE AND TIME OF
                COLLECTION, PROSECUTOR AND'UNIT.
                4. +" SPECIMEN PACKAGING AND TRANSPORTATION;
                (A) @ ALL SPECIMENS, EXCEPT FORMALIN FIXED TISSUE, SHOULD BE
                TRANSPORTED FROZEN (OR AS COLD AS POSSIBLE IF UNABLE TO FREEZE) AS
                SOON AFTER COLLECTION AS POSSIBLE.
                (B)     PRIOR TO SHIPMENT OF SPECIMENS, CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:
                                    MSC, USN OR LT               MSC, USN
                        FORWARD LABORATORY/H&S AS
 5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(b)N VY                        L  11
                   (BERTHING: RM 157)
                   ECHO MED
                   AL JUSAIL, SAUDI ARABIA
                   COMMO:
                   TELEPHONE:           OR           5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(6)
                   TASS LINE: IST FSSG 188 (MARINE LIAISON)
                   HOSPITAL MONITORS THE FOLLOWING NETS:
                   FSSG CMD I (GREEN)          TAR NIGHT TIME (RED)


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Box ID = BX600054
Unit = VARIOUS MC
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Folder Title = NUCLEAR BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL MESSAGES
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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