Bioterrorism Containment Activities – Initial Stages
- Beginning an environmental and animal response, including
surveillance, epizootological investigations, and preventive
and control actions related to plague in animals and their fleas.
- Communicating within and between governmental agencies, healthcare
providers, and the public.
- Coordination of activities in collaboration with federal health
- Active surveillance for cases at hospitals and other acute-care
- Other forms of assisted surveillance through individual healthcare
- Clinicians could expect information requests from their state
or local health department:
- Number of patients who have plague.
- Number of patients with plague ruleout.
- Chart reviews for unrecognized illness.