Sampling for biological agents in the environment

• Other Authors: Emanuel, Peter, Roos, Jason W., Niyogi, Kakoli
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, ©2008.
• Subjects: Biological monitoring.; Biological weapons.; Environmental sampling.; Pollution.; Diagnosis.; Public health.; Social problems.; Sociology.; Medical care.; Social sciences.; Methodology.; Schizomycetes.; Bacteria.; Biological warfare.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 1555817475; 9781613442616; 1613442610; 9781683671527; 168367152X; 9781555817473; 9781555814502; 1555814506
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 294 pages) : illustrations

"After September 11 and the anthrax attacks of 2001, the real danger of a large-scale biological terrorist attack was realized. This invaluable volume brings together the latest information on the environmental sampling element of the response to a biological attack. Resulting from a national c...

Table of Contents:

• Missteps and mistakes: lessons learned from real-world incidents / Peter Emanuel
• Getting started: planning the sample mission / Mark Durno, Myles Bartos, and Jack Kelly
• Sampling teams / Daniel Martin and Anthony Intrepido
• The role of sampling in the phases of a biological event: fact and fiction in an airport scenario / Matt Gillen
• Surface sampling / Anne Busher, Judith Noble-Wang, and Laura Rose
• Indoor and outdoor air sampling / Kristin Omberg and Linda Stetzenbach
• Environmental samples as evidence: labeling and documentation at a crime scene / Steven Drielak
• Sample packaging and transport: biosafety from cradle to grave / Nick Cirino and David Cook
• Laboratory resources / Jason W. Roos and Christina Egan
• Environmental sampling today: advances since the 2001 anthrax attacks / Dorothy Canter.