Role of the hospital-based microbiology laboratory in preparation for and response to a bioterrorism event

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-4

  Snyder, James W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TOXIN;

ANTHRAX; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOSAFETY; BRUCELLOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROBIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PACKAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARDIZATION; TRAINING; TULAREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNICATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; SAFETY;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037234343     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.1-4.2003     Document Type: Short Survey

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