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Following are the links to other Bioterrorism resources.
General Bioterrorism Information:
- Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Bioterrorism
Planning and Response web site displays and provides
links to AHRQ sponsored research projects, tools,
resources, conferences, meetings, briefings, outcomes-based
evidence, and research findings surrounding bioterrorism:
http://www.ahrq.gov/browse/bioterbr.htm
- American
Hospital Association (AHA) Hospital Readiness, Response,
and Recovery Resources web site hosts information
on education and training, advocacy and representation,
and readiness resources for hospitals, health professionals,
and individuals:
http://www.hospitalconnect.com/aha/key_issues/disaster_readiness/
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CDC's Centers for Public Health Preparedness web site
provides information on the 21 Academic Centers for
Public Health Preparedness, 13 Specialty Centers for
Public Health Preparedness, and 5 Advanced Practice
Centers for Public Health Preparedness. Each center
was established to train the public health workforce
to respond to bioterrorism threats, infectious disease
outbreaks, and other health emergencies, and all meet
this objective by developing on-site or distance learning
competency based training materials including courses,
fact sheets, and other resources:
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/cphp.asp
- CDC's
Emergency Preparedness and Response Training web site
covers content information, education, and training
resources on chemical, biological, radiological, and
nuclear agents:
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/training/index.asp
- CDC's
Mass Trauma Preparedness and Response web site is
designed to provide information and tools to help
the public, public health professionals, and clinicians
prepare for and respond to the injuries, death, disability,
and emotional stress caused by a large-scale natural
disaster or a terrorist attack:
http://www.cdc.gov/masstrauma/default.htm
- CDC's
Preparation and Planning web site offers related resources
for the general public, businesses, healthcare facilities,
state, local, and national entities:
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/planning/index.asp
- CDC
Journal - Emerging Infectious Diseases:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/
- Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Emergency Management
Institute (EMI) web site provides a nationwide training
program of resident courses and non-resident courses
to enhance United States emergency management practices.
The audiences for these courses range from parents
and teachers to healthcare professionals such as EMS
personnel, physicians, nurses, hospital administrators,
and public health officials:
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/
- Health
Services and Resources Administration (HRSA) National
Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program exists
to aid state, territory, and selected entities in
improving the capacity of the health care system (hospitals,
emergency departments, outpatient facilities, EMS
systems, and poison control centers) to respond to
incidents requiring mass immunization, isolation,
decontamination, diagnosis, and treatment, in the
aftermath of terrorism or other public health emergencies:
http://www.hrsa.gov/bioterrorism/index.htm
Professional Societies:
- American
Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Professional Information
on Bioterrorism web site:
http://www.aad.org/BioInfo/BioInfo.html
- American
Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Bioterrorism Clinical
Care and Research web site created to prepare Family
Physicians to face the first line of defense:
http://www.aafp.org/btresponse.xml
- American
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Children, Terrorism, and
Disasters web site provides resources and materials
on disasters, bioterrorism, and the resulting psychological
needs of children:
http://www.aap.org/terrorism/index.html
- American
College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Bioterrorism
web site provides information on vaccination, diagnosis,
treatment, policy resources, and educational links:
http://www.acep.org/1,4634,0.html
- American
College of Physicians-American Society of Internal
Medicine (ACP) Bioterrorism Resources web site:
http://www.acponline.org/bioterro/index.htm#tools
- Association
for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology,
Inc (APIC) provides information on agents, epidemiology,
economic impact, diagnosis, treatment, scenarios,
readiness planning, existence of threat, vaccination,
and additional resources on their Bioterrorism web
site:
http://www.apic.org/Content/NavigationMenu/PracticeGuidance/Topics/Bioterrorism/Bioterrorism.htm
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