CDC: Doctors Unprepared to Recognize Signs of Outbreak

Without better diagnostic tests, U.S. doctors are “woefully unprepared” to recognize a release of toxic chemical, according to a U.S. health official, Bioterrorism Week reported today (see GSN, June 12, 2003).

Doctors need improved tests to detect unusual diseases and stop massive toxic exposure or disease outbreaks, said Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 “We need much more capability to rapidly diagnose exposure to these emerging threats,” Gerberding said (Bioterrorism Week, April 5).

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