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** MEDIA ADVISORY ** June 28, 2002 CONTACT:
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ANA and U.S. Public Health Service to Announce Nurses Response Team
Washington, DC -- The American Nurses Association (ANA) and the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) will announce a joint program for the quick deployment of a large cadre of nurses in response to a major bioterrorism event, such as last fall's anthrax attacks. The announcement will occur on June 30, 2002, at ANA's 2002 Biennial Convention in Philadelphia.
As the program sponsor, the ANA will serve as the conduit to recruit registered nurses, relying on its national capacity to reach millions of nurses through its state nurses associations and specialty nursing organizations. The team of nurses will be dedicated to responding to a Presidentially declared disaster to provide mass immunization or chemoprophylaxis to a population at risk.
It is estimated that any bioterrorist attack that involved even 100,000 victims would require 200 personnel working 100 hours just to deliver chemoprophylaxis. Other scenarios that involve agents that can be transmitted by person-to-person contact, such as smallpox, could require treatment vaccinations for millions of people.
| Event: | ANA Convention Opening Session |
| Location: | Pennsylvania Convention Center, 12th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, PA |
| Date: | Sunday, June 30, 2002 |
| Time: | During the convention's opening session at approximately 8:15 a.m. |
| Speakers: | Mary E. Foley, MS, RN, president, American Nurses Association Rear Admiral Mary Pat Couig, MPH, RN, FAAN, chief nurse officer, U.S. Public Health Service |
| Contact: | Cindy Price – Convention Center press office, (215) 418-5474 Carol Cooke – Convention Center press office, (215) 418-5475 |
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