May 6, 2002—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has revised the Comprehensive Procedures for Collecting Environmental Samples for Culturing Bacillus anthracis (formerly “Procedures for Collecting Surface Environmental Samples for Culturing Bacillus anthracis” ) document on their Web site. Contents include: Record Keeping/Documentation; Sampling Strategy; Surface Sampling with Wipes or Swabs; Surface Samples Collected by High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Vacuuming; Sample Analysis; Sample Interpretation; and more. This document is also available in PDF form on the CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Web site.
