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Anthrax Information for Mail Handlers
On this page:
- Key Resources
- Antibiotics
- Detection in the Workplace
- Historical Archives: 2001 Outbreak & Other Incidents
Key Resources
- Questions & Answers
Includes mail handling, worker safety, signs & symptoms, & other topics - Anthrax:
What You Need to Know
Basic information such as symptoms, exposure, & treatment - Video: "Protecting Your Health" (for People Who Process, Sort, & Deliver
the Mail)
Educational video includes basic information about anthrax, strategies for protecting workers from anthrax exposures, & methods for detecting & responding to a suspicious letter or package. -
Antibiotics
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Patient
Information: Ciprofloxacin
General information, including side-effects and drug and food interaction warnings.
Jan 20, 2004 - Patient
Information: Doxycycline
General information, including side-effects and drug and food interaction warnings.
Jan 20, 2004 - Patient
Information: Amoxicillin
General information for patients prescribed amoxicillin for anthrax. Includes side-effects and drug and food interaction warnings. -
Detection in the Workplace
- Responding to Detection of Aerosolized Bacillus anthracis by Autonomous Detection Systems in the Workplace
MMWR April 30, 2004 / 53(Early Release);1-11. -
Historical Archives: 2001 Outbreak & Other Incidents
- Anthrax Postexposure Prophylaxis in Postal Workers, Connecticut, 2001
Emerging Infectious Diseases 2002 Oct;8(10):1133-1137. - Adherence to Antimicrobial Inhalational Anthrax Prophylaxis among Postal Workers, Washington, D.C., 2001
Emerging Infectious Diseases 2002 Oct;8(10):1138-1144. -
CDC
Statement Regarding the Washington, DC, Processing & Distribution
Center & Postal & Mailroom Facilities that Directly
Receive & Distribute Mail from this Center
Oct 24, 2001 - Protecting
Workers from Exposure to Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
in Work Sites Where Mail is Handled or Processed
Oct 31, 2001 - Treatment
Options for Postal & Other Workers Exposed to Anthrax
For postal and other workers. Reviews options for people exposed to airborne anthrax spores, who may be at risk for inhalation anthrax. Archived webcast provided by University of North Carolina School of Public Health, plus online presentation.
Dec 27, 2001