BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE MEDICAL GUIDELINES

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Subject: BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE MEDICAL GUIDELINES                   

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box ID: BX003203

Folder Title: BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE MEDICAL GUIDELINES                                                   

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       ACCOMPANY THE FEVER. THE AEROSOL ROUTE OF INTOXICATION CAN ALSO
       CAUSE SHOCT", FLUID AND HEMOL)YNAMIC DERANGEMENTS, AND POSSIBLY
       EVEN DEATH. TREATMENT CONSISTS OF SUPPORTIVE MEASURES FOR
       PULMONARY AND HEMOI3YNAMIC COMPROMISE. AS A PURELY TOXIC
       PHENOMENON, ANTIMICRO13IALS ART= NOT PFFFCTII,)F EXCEPT IN SECONI3ARY
       NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS. THE FEW HUMANS ACCIDENTALLY EXPOSED TO
       AEROSOLIZE13 SEB HAVE RECOVERED WITH SUPPORTIVE CARE.
             DIAGNOSIS CAN BE ASSISTED BY FINDING THE TOXIN IN CLINICAL
       SAMPLES. THE NAVY FORWARD LAB HAS THE CAPABILITY TO IDENTIFY
       STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTLROTOXIN A-0.
       6.          PROTECTION:
             THE PRIMARY DEFENSIVE MEASURES AGAINST BW AGENTS ARE
       INDIVIDUAL PROTECTION (CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE OVERGARMENT          '/BATTLE
       DRESS OYERGARMENT); COLLECTIVE PROTECTION; ANI3 ACTIVE SHELTER
       PROTECTION. ACTIVE SHELTER PROTECTION CONSISTS OF SEALI14G
       TEMPER TENTS, GP TENTS, ANE) ISO SHELTERS BESIDES OTHER SHELTERS
       FROMN THE OUTSIDE ENVIRONMENT. DESERT TESTING AT DUGWAY
       REVEALED THAT WELL SEALED SHELTERS USING FIELD TECHNIQUES (TAPE
       AND SEALING SHELTER BASE WITH EARTH) AFFORDED SIGNIFICANT
       PROTECTION AGAINST VAPOR AGENT PENETRATION. PROTECTION FACTORS




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       OF 6@) FOR TEMPER TENTS, E(-.) FOR GP SHELTERS, AND GREATER THAN 60
       FOR ISO SHELTERS WERE DOCUMENTED.
             (U) DECONTAMINATION
             CHLORINE COMPOUNDS ART= POWERFUL GERMICIDES WITH A WIDE
       SPECTRUM OF ACTIVITY, LACK OF TOXIC RESIDUAL@M, AND LOW PRICE.
       LI[-'.E OTHER HALOGENS, THEY ARE HIGHLY REACTIVE WITH ORGANIC
    MATTER AND MUST BP USE13 EITHER C)Il CLEAN 13L[RFACPS OR IN HIGH
       CONCENTRATIONS. THEY ARE CORROSIVE TO METALS AND HIGHLY
       EFFECTIVE AGAINST BACTERIAL SPORES SUCH AS BACILLUS ANTHRACIS.
       CLOROX (5% SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; FULL STRENGTH HOUSEHOLE) BLEACH)
       IS AN EXCELLENT DISINFECTANT.        @@@@,IELLA BURNETT. THE CAUSATIVE
       'AGENT OF 0 FEVER, IS NOT INACTIVATED BY 5*' CLOROX BUT IS
       II,@A,CTII"ATEn BY EITHER @(.)% ETHYL ALCOHOL OF      CHLOROFORM AFTER
       A CONTACT TIME OF 20 MINUTES.
       B.    (U)  COMPONENT SURGFOI-,I@n SHOULD E)I@=-c-FMINATE TH7 CONTENTS OF THIS
       MESSAGE TO THE LOWEST POSSIBLE LEVEL OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
             (U) CCSG POC IS COL BALES, HOST NATION LIAISON, COMMERCIAL
                              EXT 244 OR STU III 477-915(.)./'/
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Folder Title = BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE MEDICAL GUIDELINES
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Subject = BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE MEDICAL GUIDELINES
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Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
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Declassified = 25-NOV-1996