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Reporting

Report suspected or confirmed biological, chemical, and nuclear cases immediately to your local or state department of health.

First Call:
Biological Agents - Local Health Department
Chemical Agents - New York State Bureau of Toxic Substances
Nuclear - New York State Bureau of Environmental Radiation Protection

New York State Department of Health

Biological Bureau of Communicable Diseases: (8:30-4:45, M-F) 518-473-4436
Duty Officer: (evenings, weekends, and holidays) 866-881-2809
Chemical Bureau of Toxic Substance Assessment: (workdays, M-F)
518-402-7800
Duty Officer: (after hours and weekends) 866-881-2809
Nuclear Bureau of Environmental Radiation Protection: (8:30-4:45, M-F)
518-402-7550
State Warning Point: (after hours, weekends and holidays)
518-457-2200

For smallpox sample identification: Contact the Biodefense Laboratory at the NYSDOHWadsworth Center (518-474-2821), for instruction on packaging and shipping to Wadsworth. They will alert Epidemiology, and also arrange to transport the sample to the CDC

New York City Department of Health

Biological, Chemical, & Nuclear Bureau of Communicable Diseases: (8:30-4:45, M-F) 518-473-4436
Chemical, Poison Control Center: (after hours and weekends)
212-764-7667

Local Health Departments outside New York City

If not in New York City, locate your local health department in the blue pages of your phone book or call:

New York State Association of County Health Officials: 518-456-7905 or go online: www.nysacho.org/Directory/directory.html

 
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