PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Luper, Dyan C
TI  - Anthrax 2001 – Lessons Learned: Clinical Laboratory and Beyond
AID  - 10.29074/ascls.15.3.180
DP  - 2002 Jul 01
TA  - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
PG  - 180--182
VI  - 15
IP  - 3
4099  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/15/3/180.short
4100  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/15/3/180.full
SO  - Clin Lab Sci2002 Jul 01; 15
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Re-visit the 2001 anthrax outbreak to assess the ideas and concepts learned from the event as they relate to the illness and to bioterrorism preparedness.DATA SOURCES: Current literature.CONCLUSION: A multitude of lessons have been brought to light. The future of bioterrorism preparedness depends on whether those lessons are acknowledged and acted upon.ABBREVIATIONS: ASM = American Society for Microbiology; BT = bioterrorism; CDC = Centers for Disease Control; FEMA = Federal Emergency Management Administration; GAO = General Accounting Office; HHS = Health and Human Services; LRN = Laboratory Response Network; NCID/HIP = National Center for Infectious Disease/Hospital Information Program.