Bioterrorism Anthrax Guidebook: For Healthcare Workers, Public Officers (Allied Health, Nurses, Doctors, Public Health workers, EMS workers, other ... of the Anthrax Threat and How to Handle It

Anthrax has already been used as an instrument of bioterror, is a significant danger now, and is usually fatal in its inhalational form. Bioterrorism Anthrax teaches you about the organism that causes anthrax, its transmission and prevention, its laboratory diagnosis, its clinical manifestations and diagnosis, its treatment, and the bioterror parameters of the disease. The book is geared to health care workers, but is clear enough for the general public to benefit. Approved for 3 national nursing contact hours--requires purchase of separate test included at the end of the book. Those readers who wish to have an accompanying program with video and interactivity should also purchase the CD version. This is part of the highly acclaimed UniversityOfHealthCare series on bioterrorism.