Biohaz: Biological Detection for Emergency Responders

Abstract

There exists an urgent need for emergency responders to rapidly detect the presence of biological materials in a suspect sample. The BioHAZ(Trademark) Kit has been recently developed to fill such a need. It is intended to give the emergency responders an integrated capability to collect an environmental sample and to rapidly screen that sample on site for the presence of biological material. This allows the incident commander to be aware of a potential biological hazard and call for the proper response to the situation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA436076

Entities

People

  • David L. Gray
  • David Trudil
  • Peter J. Stopa
  • Philip A. Coon
  • Randall R. Bright

Organizations

  • Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bacteria
  • Biological Detection
  • Biological Factors
  • Deoxyribonucleic Acids
  • Detection
  • Emergencies
  • Emergency Response
  • Environment
  • First Responders
  • Immunoassay
  • Materials
  • Medical Personnel
  • Models
  • Nucleic Acids
  • Sampling
  • Specifications
  • United States

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