Question

Give an example and details from national/international news of a bioterrorist attack.

Address all of the following in your post:

• What was the classification of biological agent used in the attack?
• Discuss the implications of the biological agent.
• Discuss the therapy for the biological agent.
• What are the decontamination procedures for the biological agent used in the attack?
• Define the appropriate level of PPE required for this type of biological agent?

In your post, provide the name of the incident you have chosen, and support your answers with evidence/examples. Please provide a working link and a citation for your source(s).

Answer 1

Bioterrorism is an act in which antisocial elements use a my biological agent like bacteria,fungi,viruses,to disseminate and cause infection in a large group of population and cause mortality or disability .

The worst bioterrorism reported in US was of the year in 1984 in Oregon a man called Bhagwan shree Rajneesh wanted to disturb the state election by not allowing people to vote.he contaminated restaurants salad using salmonella typhoid bacterium causing typhoid in many which led to food poison around 700 people were infected with typhoid .

Agents used in bioterrorism are classified as A,B,C

Category A:The diseases that can be easily disseminated and cause severe destruction to human race by causing mortality and morbidity

Category B:the disease caused are moderatley affect the han population

Category C:Agents which can be easily replicated and disseminated to a larger population and which can cause severe mortality

Decontamination procedures

The aim should be restrict the spread of infection which can be done by carefully containing the infection ,widespread vaccination,eenvironmental cleaning and disinfection .care should be taken to dispose the infected animals,dead body

Use of broad spectrum antibiotics ,antivirals a protocol on use of certain antibiotics for exposed and at risk population

All decontamination measures should be in consensus with the centre for disease control,World health organization,

The personnel's should wear appropriate PPEconsisting of. A full covered gown,thick Hood,mask which are filtered shoe covers goggles eye shield .