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Specialist guidance on the management (including infection control) of patients with viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF).
Executive summary This document provides guidance on the risk assessment…
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is a Category 1 Responder (Civil Contingencies Act 2004), and provides specialist advice and support to the emergency services and NHS.
Guidance for the public health management of avian influenza incidents, and sporadic human cases and their contacts.
This guidance covers: bird and other animal case definitions types of…
Who this guidance is for This guidance is for clinical and public health…
Information for health professionals Do not use this guidance document in…
Recognise and respond to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) incidents: guidance for healthcare professionals.
Information on asbestos, for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Building a resilient and responsive organisation ready for health security threats.
Information on ammonia (also known as hydrogen nitride), for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Information on aluminium for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Information on lead, for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Information on hydrogen peroxide (also known as dihydrogen dioxide, hydrogen dioxide, hydroperoxide) for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Information on sodium hydroxide (also known as caustic soda), for use in responding to chemical incidents.
UK government’s approach to research funding for new, emerging and escalating infectious disease threats.
Information on phenol (also known as carbolic acid and hydroxybenzene), for responding to chemical incidents.
Information on hydrogen cyanide (HCN) for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Designed to help manage the recovery phase of a chemical incident where contamination has affected food production systems, inhabited areas and water environments.
Information on magnesium, for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Information on methane, for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Information on arsenic, for use in responding to chemical incidents.
This publication (Documents of the NRPB volume 16 number 1) contains a framework for protection of personnel in a radiation accident.
Information on phosphorus for use in responding to chemical incidents.
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