Sentences with phrase «anthrax exposure»

In 2001, Cipro was prescribed to thousands in Washington D.C. and in the postal service to protect against potential anthrax exposure.

Cipro (ciprofloxacin) was also in the news in the past during the anthrax scare, given its use in treatment for anthrax exposure.

The inspectors, from USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), found additional problems, including expired disinfectant, anthrax stored in unsecure freezers and labs, samples stored in Ziploc bags, and a lack of preparation at CDC's clinic for a large anthrax exposure.

«Add to the possible anthrax exposure the delayed notice provided to CDC leadership about avian flu shipments and the discovery of smallpox vials in a cardboard box in an FDA storage room on the NIH campus, and these incidents no longer appear isolated; a dangerous pattern is emerging...,» said Representative Fred Upton (R - MI), chair of the full Energy and Commerce Committee.

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The latest incident came to light as part of a dispatch from federal officials investigating the problems that led to some 75 federal employees» potential exposure to live anthrax last month.

In response to the incidents, which so far have resulted in no known exposures to workers or the public, CDC has temporarily closed both the anthrax lab and the influenza lab that shipped the H5N1 samples.