Bioterrorism; a guide for hospital preparedness.RC88 2004-054244 0-8493-1660-X Bioterrorism; a guide for hospital preparedness. Masci, Joseph R. and Elizabeth Bass. CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmitting digital data. The transmitted messages are divided into predetermined lengths which, used as dividends, are divided by a fixed divisor. Press, [c]2005 361 p. $129.95 The anthrax anthrax (ăn`thrăks), acute infectious disease of animals that can be secondarily transmitted to humans. It is caused by a bacterium (Bacillus anthracis scare of 2001 wrought 22 infections, five deaths, and 250,000 prescriptions for prophylactic antibiotics. With this in mind, hospitals are evaluating their systems to see if they will encounter the patient load, media frenzy, and general panic in the local population occasioned by biological terrorism Noun 1. biological terrorism - terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare bioterrorism act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are or its threat. Masci (medicine, Elmhurst Hospital Center and Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine is a medical school found in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. ) and medical journalist Bass describe the scope of the problem, its history and political implications and its impact on the public health system. They examine hospital readiness and response, including staff education and psychological factors in patients and the public. They cover prevention, diagnosis and treatment of likely biological agents such as smallpox, anthrax, plague and botulism botulism (bŏch`əlĭz'əm), acute poisoning resulting from ingestion of food containing toxins produced by the bacillus Clostridium botulinum. , and include a section on meeting the needs of children. They list resources, including those on the Internet, and include a set of tabletop exercises and a compendium of drugs and vaccines. |
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