Anthrax: Work Safety
On this page:
- Overviews
- Workplace Safety
- Protection of Response & Cleanup Workers
- Historical Archives: 2001 Outbreak & Other Incidents
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Overviews
- Q & A: Worker Safety
Guidelines, protective equipment...
Dec 2, 2002 -
Workplace Safety
- Anthrax in the Workplace
Basic advice & suggested protective measures for employers. On the Office of Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Web site -
Guidance for Protecting Building Environments from Airborne Chemical, Biological, or Radiological Attacks
From the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, CDC
May 2002 -
Protection of Response & Cleanup Workers
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Antimicrobial Prophylaxis to Prevent Anthrax Among Decontamination/Cleanup Workers Responding to an Intentional Distribution of Bacillus anthracis
2002 -
Protecting Investigators Performing Environmental Sampling for Bacillus anthracis: Personal Protective Equipment
Nov 6, 2001 -
MMWR: Interim Recommendations for Protecting Workers from Exposure to Bacillus anthracis in Work Sites in which Mail Is Handled or Processed
MMWR 2001 Nov 2;50(43):961.
PDF (219 KB/32 pages) -
Interim Recommendations for Firefighters & Other First Responders for the Selection & Use of Protective Clothing & Respirators Against Biological Agents
Oct 25, 2001 - See also Anthrax: Environment/Response & Anthrax: Exposure Management/Prophylaxis
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Historical Archives: 2001 Outbreak & Other Incidents
- MMWR: Follow-Up of Deaths Among U.S. Postal Service Workers Potentially Exposed to Bacillus anthracis—District of Columbia, 2001–2002
MMWR 2003 Oct 3;52(39):937-938.
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Video Webcast: Anthrax in the US Postal System
From the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID)
Michele Pearson, CDC, Maryland
Mar 26, 2002