09/10/2018 12:00 AM EDT
As many areas are facing the threat of a hurricane or typhoon, these resources provide information about what to do before, during, and after a storm. Topics are Stay Connected with Your State or Territory, Resources for Professionals, Heat Related Illness, Worker Safety, Safe Use of Drugs, Food and Water Safety, Cleaning Up from the Storm, Staying Safe After the Storm, Finding Loved Ones, At-Risk Individuals, and Mental and Behavioral Health.
09/10/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Recognizing stakeholders’ medical countermeasures stockpiling challenges, this web page provides information about how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is engaged, when appropriate, in various expiration dating extension activities. It details approaches to drug product expiration date extensions. To help prepare for public health emergencies, medical countermeasures may be stockpiled by governments and even by some private sector partners.
09/10/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This web page provides answers to three questions about drug products or components that have been subjected to improper storage conditions, such as those caused by a natural disaster. Topics are what a firm should do if there have been improper storage conditions, what to about exposure to toxic fumes and radiation, and performing an assessment of whether a firm's drug product, or its components or packaging materials, may have been contaminated with radioactive material.
09/08/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 24-page evaluation report chronicles a study undertaken to evaluate the decontamination efficacy of diperadipic acid for use against an infectious or contagious biological agent such as Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, under application conditions that were found to be effective for pH-adjusted bleach (a common sporicidal liquid). Characterization of potential decontamination options, ahead of a contamination incident, are important to ensure response and remediation operations initiate promptly.
09/08/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 374-page report provides information about the Underground Transport Restoration (UTR) Operational Technology Demonstration (OTD), which was a full-scale study focused on gathering sampling, decontamination (decon), waste management, and cost analysis information for the remediation of a subway system after contamination with a Bacillus anthracis (Ba) surrogate (Bacillus atrophaeus, subspecies globigii [Bg]). The study was an interagency effort involving multiple federal agencies and national laboratories.
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