106-1 Hearing: Terrorism Preparedness: Medical First Response, September 22, 19992000 |
Términos y frases comunes
anthrax Biodefense biological agents biological terrorism biological weapons Biosafety Level bioterrorism response bioterrorist attack capacity chemical agents chemical weapons Christopher Shays clinicians coordination decontamination Department of Health detection Domestic Preparedness effective response efforts emergency management emergency medical Emergency Medicine Emergency Physicians Emergency Preparedness enhance epidemic epidemiological equipment facilities Federal funding HAZMAT Health and Human health care professionals health departments health officials hospital beds Human Services identify issue JOHNSON KNOUSS large numbers LILLIBRIDGE mass destruction medical and public medical community Medicine Menorah Medical Center O'TOOLE Office of Emergency outbreak patients personnel pharmaceutical Plaugher prepared preparedness and response programs public health community Public Health Laboratories public health response public health systems rapid response capability response planning SCBA September 22 SHAYS smallpox staff stockpile strategies surveillance systems teams terrorist attack Thank threat TIERNEY vaccines victims WAECKERLE weapons of mass
Pasajes populares
Página 113 - Rapid and accurate communications are crucial to ensure a prompt and coordinated response to any infectious disease outbreak. Thus, strengthening communication among clinicians, emergency rooms, infection control practitioners, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and public health personnel has been of paramount importance to CDC for some time.
Página 84 - States has grown since the bombings of the World Trade Center in New York City and the Murrah Federal Office Building in Oklahoma City.
Página 108 - CDC's responsibility on behalf of DHHS to provide national leadership in the public health and medical communities in a concerted effort to detect, diagnose, respond to, and prevent illnesses, including those that occur as a result of a deliberate release of biological agents.
Página 109 - Century which describes CDC's plan for combating today's emerging diseases and preventing those of tomorrow. It focuses on four goals, each of which has direct relevance to preparedness for bioterrorism: disease surveillance and outbreak response; applied research to develop diagnostic tests, drugs, vaccines, and surveillance tools; infrastructure and training; and disease prevention and control. This plan emphasizes the need to be prepared for the unexpected — whether it be a naturally occurring...
Página 26 - Public health laboratories are ideally suited for the critical role of identifying biological agents, but need considerable upgrading to carry out their essential detection function, and should have access to rapid detection kits for the most likely biological agents, which are only available to the military.
Página 7 - I ask further unanimous consent that all witnesses be permitted to include their written statements in the record.
Página 110 - Response, which stresses the need for long-term public health improvements in surveillance and epidemiology infrastructure. Increased vigilance and preparedness for unexplained illnesses are an essential part of the public health effort to protect the American people against bioterrorism. Toward this end, CDC, working in collaboration with State and local health departments, many other public health partners, and other Federal agencies, has begun the effort to upgrade public health capabilities locally...
Página 105 - A strong and flexible public health infrastructure is the best defense against any disease outbreak. Thank you very much for your attention. I will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Página 20 - The recent horrifying examples, including the terrorist bombings of the World Trade Center in 1993 and the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995, and the nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, serve to remind us of the threat of terrorist attacks.
Página 6 - Mr. Allen from Maine. Mr. ALLEN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you for holding this hearing. I look forward to it.