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To establish a clinical framework guiding the judicious and efficient use of stockpiled medical countermeasures during an anthrax mass-casualty incident.

December 3, 2015MMWR Recommendations and Reports

Clinical Framework and Medical Countermeasure Use During an Anthrax Mass-Casualty Incident

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WBWilliam A. BowerCollege of the Holy Cross KHKatherine HendricksCenters for Disease Control and Prevention SPSatish K. PillaiUniversity of California, San Francisco

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Consensus panel report demonstrates a clinical framework for medical countermeasure use in anthrax mass-casualty incidents, highlighting protocols for crisis resource allocation.

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To establish a clinical framework guiding the judicious and efficient use of stockpiled medical countermeasures during an anthrax mass-casualty incident.
Conducted systematic literature reviews in 2013 evaluating intravenous antimicrobial and antitoxin efficacy, anthrax meningitis diagnostics, and complication management.
Convened multiple workgroups and an expert meeting in March 2014 with 102 subject matter experts in anthrax, critical care, and disaster medicine to adapt conventional clinical guidelines.
Established acute hospital-based protocols outlining the targeted allocation of intravenous antimicrobials and antitoxins when conventional supplies face imminent depletion.
Identified objective operational triggers that guide clinicians to shift from conventional standards of care to contingency or crisis standards during diagnostic and critical care supply shortages.

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Bower et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7e5a08b44705ee46856aa6 https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.rr6404a1

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Consensus panel report demonstrates a clinical framework for medical countermeasure use in anthrax mass-casualty incidents, highlighting protocols for crisis resource allocation.

Clinical Framework and Medical Countermeasure Use During an Anthrax Mass-Casualty Incident

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Clinical Framework and Medical Countermeasure Use During an Anthrax Mass-Casualty Incident

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