Baltimore officials plan bioterror drill
Hospital Safety Connection, July 16, 2003
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Health officials in the Baltimore area plan to conduct a bioterrorism drill that will send volunteers to hospitals acting as though they have been infected with smallpox or other diseases, the Baltimore Sun reports.
Organizers won't reveal the exact date for the drill to preserve the element of surprise, but they say it will begin soon. Dubbed "Harbor Biological Attack-Simulated Exercise," the drill will test the communications systems that link more than a dozen Baltimore-area hospitals to city, county, and state emergency officials.
Volunteers will wear shirts that say "This is only an exercise" to prevent physicians from abandoning real patients. As part of the drill, physicians must determine which disease or diseases the actors have, based on their descriptions of their symptoms and their makeup.
The $60,000 drill, funded by a federal grant, will involve 200 volunteers and 15 area hospitals, including Johns Hopkins Hospital and University of Maryland Medical Center.
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