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Ricin Information for Health Professionals
- Clinical Guidance
Information & guidance for clinicians including background information, clinical description, surveillance & treatment.
- Response to a Ricin Incident: Guidelines for Federal, State, and Local Public Health and Medical Officials
PDF (1.08 MB/88 pages)
Guidelines for Federal, State, and Local Public Health and Medical Officials.
- Webcast: Recognition, Management & Surveillance of Ricin-Associated Illness
Information for clinicians & public health officials on recognition, management, & disposition of patients; & identification of epidemiologic clues possibly associated with a covert ricin release.
- Case Definition: Ricin Inhalation
Includes clinical description, lab criteria for diagnosis, & case classification.
- Case Definition: Ricin Ingestion
Includes clinical description, lab criteria for diagnosis, & case classification.
- Toxic Syndrome Description: Ricin or Abrin Poisoning
Includes comprehensive signs & symptoms & differential diagnosis.
- MMWR: Investigation of a Ricin-Containing Envelope at a Postal Facility—South Carolina, 2003
Includes clinical manifestations, medical management & decontamination, laboratory detection, & reporting.
MMWR 2003 Nov 21;52(46):1129-1131.
PDF (359 KB/28 pages)