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Laboratory Information for Chemical Emergencies

NOTE: the following is a list of lab resources related specifically to chemical emergencies. For other lab resources, please see the Emergency Preparedness and Response: Laboratory Information page.

Flowchart: Chemical Terrorism Event Specimen Collection (CT Collection Guidelines Version 11.06)
This is a one-page document containing directions and visual representations for use in collecting blood and urine specimens from potentially exposed individuals.
MMWR: Public Health Contacts for Lab Testing To Confirm Exposure During a Potential or Known Chemical Terrorism Event
MMWR 14 Jan 2005;54(RR01):25.
Chemical Agents: Shipping Instructions for Specimens Collected From People Who May Have Been Exposed to Chemical-Terrorism Agents (112 KB/7 pages) (CSH Guidelines Version 10.07)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Shipping Instructions for Specimens Collected from People Who May Have Been Exposed to Chemical-Terrorism Agents"
Chemical Agents: Instructions for Shipping Blood Specimens to CDC after a Chemical Event (643 KB/1 page) (CT Blood Shipping Pictorial Version 5.08)
This is a one-page document containing photographs, and related text, of the required steps necessary for packaging and shipping blood specimens to CDC.
Chemical Agents: Chemical Terrorism Blood Specimen Collection and Shipping Manifest (69 KB/2 pages)
Chemical Agents: Instructions for Shipping Urine Specimens to CDC after a Chemical Event (484 KB/2 pages) (CT Urine Shipping Pictorial Version 5.08)
This is a one-page document containing photographs, and related text, of the required steps necessary for packaging and shipping urine specimens to CDC.
Chemical Agents: Chemical Terrorism Urine Specimen Collection and Shipping Manifest (15 KB/2 pages)
CDC's Lab Response to Suspicious Substances
Explains how federal, state, & local agencies respond to threatening letters & how labs play a role in detection & response.
CDC Laboratory Response Network (LRN) website
Overview of the LRN, an integrated network of state & local public health, federal, military, & international labs that can respond to both bioterrorism & chemical terrorism.

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Content source: National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Office of Noncommunicable Diseases, Injury and Environmental Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)

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