Bioterrorism Containment - Chart Reviews

• All patients seen in the ER and discharged home, admitted, or transferred to another hospital.
• Patients with a non-lab confirmed diagnosis of fever of unknown origin or community-acquired pneumonia.
• Priority should be placed on identifying and evaluating patients currently hospitalized.
• Those transferred to another facility, discharged, or expired will be reported to the local or state health department for follow-up.
• These activities are critical to helping public health and law enforcement officials determine the extent of the outbreak and possibly to determine a source.