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• The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy included an article about the University of Washington’s Emergency Preparedness and Bioterrorism Awareness Curriculum Development Program in their March 2006 newsletter.
  Extract of newsletter with article (pdf)

Web links

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  Bioterrorism Planning and Response
  http://www.ahrq.gov/browse/bioterbr.htm
  Development of Models for Emergency Preparedness
  http://www.ahrq.gov/research/devmodels/index.html
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
  Managing Hazardous Materials Incidents
  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mhmi.html
• American Hospital Association
  http://www.aha.org
• American Nurses Association
  Bioterrorism and Disaster Response
  http://www.nursingworld.org/news/disaster/
• American Red Cross
  Publications on terrorism and unexpected events
  http://www.redcross.org/pubs/dspubs/terrormat.html
• American Society for Health-System Pharmacists
  Emergency Preparedness Resource Center
  http://www.ashp.org/emergency/index.cfm?cfid=7652000&CFToken=60804846
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology/CDC
  Recommendations for Healthcare Facilities
  http://www.apic.org/Content/NavigationMenu/
  PracticeGuidance/Topics/Bioterrorism/Bioterrorism.htm
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
  Strategic National Stockpile
  http://www.astho.org/?template=national_pharmaceutical_stockpil.html
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Bioterrorism Preparedness
  http://www.bt.cdc.gov
  Hurricane Information Site
  http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/index.asp
  Pandemic Influenza: Worldwide Preparedness
  http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic/
  Strategic National Stockpile
  http://www.bt.cdc.gov/stockpile/
• Columbia School of Nursing and the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine
  Clinician Competencies in Emergency Preparedness
  http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/nursing/chphsr/pdf/clinician-comps.pdf
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
  http://www.dhs.gov
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  http://www.fema.gov
  
• Food and Drug Administration
  Counterterrorism
  http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/bioterrorism.html
• Government Accountability Office
  GAO Reports and Testimonies Related to Disaster Preparedness, Response and Reconstruction
  http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/featured/dprr.html
• Health Resources and Services Administration
  Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness
  http://www.hrsa.gov/bioterrorism/
• Mental Health Workers Without Borders
  http://www.mhwwb.org
• National Institute of Mental Health
  Mass Violence
  http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/massviolence.pdf
• Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
  Preparing for and Responding to Bioterrorism: Information for Primary Care Clinicians
  http://www.nwcphp.org/training/courses-exercises/courses/bt-clinicians
  Preparing for and Responding to Bioterrorism: Information for the Public Health Workforce
  http://www.nwcphp.org/training/courses-exercises/courses/bttrain-phw
• Public Health - Seattle and King County
  http://www.metrokc.gov/health/
• Sphere Project
  The Sphere Handbook, Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response
  http://www.sphereproject.org/handbook/index.htm
• US Department of Health & Human Services
  Disaster Mental Health
  http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/EmergencyServices/after.asp
  Pandemic Flu Plan
  http://www.hhs.gov/pandemicflu/plan/
  Terrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies: A Field Guide for Media
  http://www.hhs.gov/disasters/press/newsroom/mediaguide/
• US Government
  Pandemic Flu
  http://www.pandemicflu.gov/
• Washington State Department of Health
  Disaster Preparedness Handbook
  http://www.doh.wa.gov/phepr/handbook.htm
  Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
  http://www.doh.wa.gov/BioTerr/default.htm
  Public Health Emergency Preparedness Terms and Acronyms
  http://www.doh.wa.gov/phepr/pheprglossary.htm
• World Health Organization
  Health Aspects of Biological & Chemical Weapons
  http://www.who.int/csr/delibepidemics/biochem1stenglish/en/
  Pandemic Preparedness
  http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/pandemic/en/