Program Activities

Bioterrorism Preparedness Program

Room 209 3 Capitol Hill Providence, RI 02908
(401) 222-6868 (401) 222-6953 fax 711 (TTY)
Please contact: L. Anthony Cirillo, MD, FACEP
401-222-7885

Bioterrorism Preparedness Program

Anthrax Information and Advisories

Status Report #4
What is the Health Department Doing
From Patricia A. Nolan, MD, MPH, Director of Health

November 8, 2001

Bioterrorism Response
Monday, Oct 29-Sunday, Nov 3, 2001

DATE	10/29/01	10/30/01	10/31/01	11/01/01	11/02/01	11/03/01	11/03/01
Samples submitted to State Laboratory	7	11	15	16	22	0	0
Calls to epidemiologist And public health nurses For risk assessments	6	6	16	17	7	0	0
After-hours calls to on-call admin	2	1	1	3	2	4	2
Hot Line calls received	19	15	17	10	17	0	2

FOR GENERAL HEALTH RELATED INQUIRIES ABOUT BIOTERRORISM
Please feel free to contact the Rhode Island Department of Health Family Health Information Line at 1 800 942-7434
(M-F 8:30 am - 4:30 pm)

For more information on current national events and advisories, go to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website at www.bt.cdc.gov.

Highlights

Public health emergencies:
What you can do to prepare

Differential Diagnoses of Selected Agents of Bioterrorism
A review of selected agents for physicians. July 21, 2004

Medical Emergency Distribution System (MEDS) Products and Tools

Bioterrorism Program
Report March 2004

Important Information about Bioterrorism from the Department of Health

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Bioterrorism Preparedness Program

Anthrax Information and Advisories

Status Report #4 What is the Health Department Doing From Patricia A. Nolan, MD, MPH, Director of Health

November 8, 2001

Highlights

Status Report #4
What is the Health Department Doing
From Patricia A. Nolan, MD, MPH, Director of Health