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Bioterrorism Readiness Plan

Bioterrorism Readiness Plan. Shands Hospital at the University of Florida 2001. Tokyo Train Station. Aerial view of anthrax production facility. Where and when will bioterrorism hit next?. Biological Weapons?????. Bioterrorism Readiness Planning Subcommittee.

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Bioterrorism Readiness Plan

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  1. Bioterrorism Readiness Plan Shands Hospital at the University of Florida 2001

  2. Tokyo Train Station

  3. Aerial view of anthrax production facility

  4. Where and when will bioterrorism hit next?

  5. Biological Weapons?????

  6. Bioterrorism Readiness Planning Subcommittee • Sub committee of Infection Prevention and Control Committee • Chair: Kenneth Rand, MD • Multidisciplinary Membership

  7. Infection Control Staff Hospital Epidemiologist Physicians Infectious Disease Physicians Emergency Medicine Chief and other ER Physicians Surgeons Emergency Department Nurse Manager Safety Director Public Relations Respiratory Care Laboratory Facilities Operations Public Health Administrator & other agencies Materials Management Administration Multidisciplinary Membership

  8. Bioterrorism Readiness Plan Purpose To be a: • Reference on bioterrorism • A practical and realistic institutional response for a real or suspected bioterrorism attack • Plan that incorporates local and state health agencies recommendations • A branch of existing disaster preparedness and other emergency plans

  9. Bioterrorism Readiness Plan Components • Infection Control Activities • Laboratory Policies • Public Inquiry • Disease Specific Information • Appendix • FBI Field Offices • Telephone Directory of State and Territorial Public Health Directors • Relevant Websites

  10. Indications of a Possible Bioterrorism Event • Unusual illness in a population • Large number of ill persons with similar disease • Large numbers of cases of unexplained diseases or death • Higher morbidity or mortality in association with a common disease or syndrome • Single case of unusual agent • No illness in persons not exposed to common ventilation system • Threat received indicating exposure

  11. Bioterrorism Readiness PlanBasic Premises • In a case of suspected/real bioterrorism related event or outbreak • All personnel are responsible for immediately reporting suspected event. • The Shands Disaster Plan shall be activated in conjunction with this Bioterrorism Readiness Plan.

  12. Bioterrorism Readiness Plan Authority to rapidly implement prevention and control measures • Administration • Director On Call • Infection Prevention and Control • Hospital Epidemiologist • Chairman • Director or designee • Safety and Security • Director or designee

  13. Bioterrorism Readiness PlanCommunication Network Shands Operator Individual Infection Control & Safety and Security DEPTS Administration Director-On-Call Public Health Public Relations FBI CDC Local and State Authorities ( EMS, Police, Fire Departments)

  14. Maximum Containment Lab

  15. Bioterrorism Readiness PlanStaff Education • Initial special program to introduce plan • Video tape and module • Ongoing education incorporated into orientation and annual Infection Control and Safety programs • Bioterrorism Preparedness Drills

  16. Bioterrorism Readiness PlanSection I: General Recommendation for any Suspected Event • Reporting Requirements and Contact Information • Internal • External • Potential Agents • Syndrome Based • Epidemiologic Features • Patient, Visitor and Public Information • Pharmacy

  17. Bioterrorism Readiness PlanSection I: General Recommendation for any Suspected Event: Infection Control Practices • Isolation • Patient Placement • Patient Transport • Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization • Discharge Management • Post-mortem Care • Post Exposure Management • Decontamination of Patients and Environment • Prophylaxis and post-exposure management • Triage • Psychological Aspects of Bioterrorism

  18. Bioterrorism Readiness PlanSection I: General Recommendation for any Suspected Event: Infection Control Practices • Laboratory Support and Confirmation • Obtaining diagnostic samples • Criteria for processing • Transportation of clinical specimens • Management and handling of criminal investigation specimens

  19. Bioterrorism Readiness PlanSection II: Agent Specific Recommendations • Anthrax • Botulinum Toxin • Plague • Smallpox • Ricin

  20. Anthrax

  21. Anthrax • Transmission: • Inhalation • Ingestion • Skin contact • Associated with infected animals such as sheep, goats, and cattle (Woolsorter’s disease) • No person to person transmission occurs from patients with respiratory disease caused by anthrax • Direct exposure to cutaneous anthrax lesions may result in secondary cutaneous infections

  22. Anthrax: Mode of Transmission for Bioterrorism • Spore is durable • Delivered as an aerosol= inhale spores • Ingestion of contaminated food • Cutaneous contact with spores or spore-contaminated material

  23. Anthrax time curve after incident

  24. InhalationAnthrax • Incubation Period • Range 1 day to 8 weeks (average 5 days) • Period of Communicability • A person infected with the respiratory form of anthrax can not spread it to others.

  25. AnthraxClinical Features • Pulmonary • Non-specific flu-like symptoms • 2-4 days after symptoms • Abrupt onset of respiratory failure • Widened mediastinum on chest x-ray • High mortality almost 100% if treatment initiated after onset of respiratory symptoms

  26. AnthraxPreventive Measures • Standard Precautions • Antibiotic Therapy • Ciprofloxacin • Levofloxacin • Ofloxacin • Doxycycline • Amoxicillin for exposed children • Vaccination

  27. Botulism

  28. Botulism • Clostridium botulism • Present in soil and marine sediment • Foodborne botulism most common disease • Inhalation botulism may also occur

  29. BotulismClinical Features • GI symptoms for food borne disease • Responsive patient with absence of fever • Blurred vision • Symmetric ( on both sides) descending weakness and paralysis • Respiratory failure- inability to breathe

  30. Botulism: Mode of Transmission • Mode of Transmission • Ingestion of toxin-contaminated food • Aerosolization of toxin • Incubation Period • Neurologic symptoms from food borne botulism begin 12-36 hours after ingestion • Neurologic symptoms of inhalation botulism begin 24-72 hours after aerosol exposure • Not transmitted person to person

  31. Botulism: Exposure Management • Preventative Measures • Vaccine • Standard Precautions • Prophylaxis and Post exposure immunization • Botulinum antitoxin • Patients may require mechanical ventilation

  32. Plague • Causative agent: Yersinia pestis, a gram-negative bacillus • usually zoonotic disease of rodents • usually transmitted by infected fleas • Bubonic plague - Lymph system infection • Septicemia plague - Bloodstream infection • Bioterrorism exposure are expected to be airborne resulting in a pulmonary variant, pneumonic plague - Respiratory Infection

  33. Life cycle of plague

  34. PlagueClinical Features • Pneumonic Plague • Fever, cough, chest pain • Hemoptysis (Bloody sputum) • Bubonic Plague - skin and tissue disease form

  35. Plague • Transmission • Normally from an infected rodent to man by infected flea • Bioterrorism-related = dispersion of an aerosol • Person to person transmission of pneumonic plague is possible via large aerosol droplets • Communicability • Via Productive cough • Droplet Precautions until 72 hours after initiation of effective antimicrobial therapy • Incubation: 2-8 days due to fleaborne disease or 1-3 days for pulmonary exposure

  36. PlaguePreventive Measures • Droplet Precautions • Private Room or put cases in together in a room(cohort), doors closed but no special ventilation needed • Maintain isolation for 72 hours after antibiotics are given • Vaccine not practical since requires multiple doses over several weeks and post exposure immunity has no utility • Post exposure Prophylaxis - See your doctor

  37. Last known person with smallpox in the world Public Health Quarantine Sign

  38. Smallpox • Causative agent:Variola virus • Eradicated clinical smallpox from world • Two WHO labs store virus • Severe morbidity if released into non-immune population • Single case is considered a public health emergency • Can be aerosolized or contaminated items can be used to deploy this virus as a biological warfare agent

  39. Smallpox in Child

  40. SmallpoxClinical Features • Acute viral illness with severe skin lesions • Can have fever and aches for 2-4 days before rash • Rash most prominent on face and extremities Rash scabs in 1-2 weeks • Variola rash occurs all at once in contrast to varicella’s “crops” of lesions

  41. Smallpox • Mode of transmission: airborne, droplet and contact. • Person to person spread • Incubation Period = 7-17 days (ave. = 12 days) • Period of Communicability = Variola becomes infectious at onset of rash and continues to be infectious until their scabs fall off which is approximately 3 weeks

  42. SmallpoxPreventive Measures • STRICT ISOLATION • Negative air pressure room, doors must remain closed, verify ventilation • Mask, gown and glove for entry into room • Limit transport • Handle all surfaces and supplies as contaminated

  43. SmallpoxPreventive Measures • Smallpox vaccine • Vaccinia virus is used for vaccine(not smallpox virus) • Does not confer lifelong immunity • Must be given within 7 days post exposure to be effective

  44. Ricin • Causative agent: A biological toxin (poison) derived from the castor plant and castor oil. • Exposure routes: • inhalation (breathe it in) • percutaneous (injection or contact with skin, eyes, and mucous membranes) • ingestion (eat it!)

  45. RicinClinical Features • Weakness, fever, cough and fluid in lungs occur within 18 hours after inhalation(breathe in toxin) exposure • Progresses to severe breathing trouble and then death from hypoxemia within 36-72 hours • Diagnosis: signs and symptoms found in large number of a geographically clustered group and/or lab tests

  46. Ricin • Treatment: support patient, manage symptoms and keep comfortable • Prophylaxis: None available • Prevention • Protective mask to prevent inhalation • Standard Precautions • Weak hypochlorite solution (0.1% sodium hypochlorite) and/or soap and water can decontaminate skin surfaces

  47. Know how to locate policy Review Executive Summary of Plan for inclusion in Disaster Manual Access Specific Departmental Policies ER Pharmacy Use Information Sheets for Patients and Public Learn about bioterrorism by completing module. Get your questions answered by experts Coordinate plan with state and local authorities Steps in Preparing for a Bioterrorism Event

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