US rec's for antibiotic, vaccine, etc., tx. after bomb blasts (fwd)
danny burstein
while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools.
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"Recommendations for Postexposure Interventions to
Prevent Infection with Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C
Virus, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Tetanus
in Persons Wounded During Bombings and Similar
Mass-Casualty Events - United States, 2008
"This report outlines recommendations for postexposure
interventions to prevent infection with hepatitis B virus,
hepatitis C virus, human immunodeficiency virus, or tetanus
in persons wounded during bombings or other events resulting
in mass casualties. Persons wounded during such events or in
conjunction with the resulting emergency response might be
exposed to blood, body fluids, or tissue from other injured
persons and thus be at risk for bloodborne infections.
"This report adapts existing general recommendations on the
use of immunization and postexposure prophylaxis for tetanus
and for occupational and nonoccupational exposures to
bloodborne pathogens to the specific situation of a
mass-casualty event.
"The recommendations contained in this report represent the
consensus of U.S. federal public health officials and reflect
=80the experience and input of public health officials at all
levels of government and the acute injury response community...."
full text (pdf) :
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr5706.pdf
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