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06-19-2014, 04:41 PM #1
75 CDC staff possibly exposed to anthrax, agency says
75 CDC staff possibly exposed to anthrax, agency says
By Dana Ford, CNN
updated 4:23 PM EDT, Thu June 19, 2014
Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by bacterium Bacillus anthracis.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- The staff are being monitored or provided antibiotics
- The unintentional exposure was discovered June 13
- There is no risk to public health, the CDC says
Atlanta (CNN) -- Some 75 Atlanta-based staff of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may have been unintentionally exposed to anthrax, the agency said Thursday.
They are being monitored or provided antibiotics.
"Based on most of the potential exposure scenarios, the risk of infection is very low," the agency said in a statement.
"CDC believes that other CDC staff, family members, and the general public are not at risk of exposure and do not need to take any protective action."
Early reports show that a lab did not adequately inactivate samples, which were then moved and used for experimentation in three laboratories not equipped to handle live Bacillus anthracis, or anthrax.
Believing the samples were inactivated, workers in those labs did not wear adequate protective equipment, the CDC said.
The unintentional exposure was discovered June 13.
What to know about anthrax
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/19/health...hrax-exposure/
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