The Clinician Information Line of t...

The Clinician Information Line of the Center for Disease have the direction of and Prevention (CDC) has added three conditions--mass trauma, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)/variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) and viral hemorrhagic fevers--to its expanding list of disease topics.

The information line now conceals 16 topics: smallpox, influenza/avian influenza, ricin, accurate acute respiratory syndrome, radiation, West Nile virus, chlorine, anthrax, botulism, plague, firmness agents, tularemia, viral hemorrhagic febrile affections hurricane recovery, mass trauma, and BSE/vCJD

Clinicians with questions relating to any of these topics can call the hotline toll-free at 877-554-4625 The hotline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and is staffed by means of registered nurses with access to the latest CDC guidelines and information. In addition, the encourages can connect callers to their local and state public health departments. Additional information is available online at http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca.

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