Handling
Suspicious Mail
How
to identify suspicious packages and letters:
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Restrictive markings such as Confidential, Personal,
etc.
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Foreign mail, Air Mail or Special Delivery
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Excessive postage
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Handwritten or poorly typed addresses
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Incorrect titles
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Title, but no name
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Mispellings of common words
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Oily stains, discolorations or odor
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No return address
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Excessive weight
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Lopsided or uneven envelope
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Protruding wires or tinfoil
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Excessive securing material such as string or
tape
DO
NOT PANIC
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Anthrax organisms can cause skin infection, gastrointestinal
infection or pulmonary infection. To do so the organism must
be rubbed into abraded skin, swallowed, or inhaled as a fine,
aerosolized mist. It does not leap into one's body. All forms
of disease are generally treatable with antibiotics.
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For anthrax to be effective as a covert agent it must be aerosolized
into particles between 0.4 and 2/10,000ths of an inch, smaller
than a red blood cell. This is difficult to do, and requires
a great deal of technical skill and special equipment. If these
small particles are inhaled, life-threatening lung infection
can occur, but prompt recognition and treatment are effective.
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Anthrax is not communicable. It cannot be transferred from one
person to another.
If you receive an unopened letter or letter that appears empty:
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Place envelope in a plastic bag or glassine envelope.
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Wash
hands with SOAP and WATER.
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NOTIFY
the FBI, State police, and your supervisor.
If
you receive an envelope with powder and powder spills out onto
surface:
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DO
NOT clean powder up. Keep others away.
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WASH hands with soap and water.
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DO NOT brush off your clothes.
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NOTIFY the FBI, state police, and your supervisor.
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REMOVE clothing and place in plastic bag, as soon as possible.
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SHOWER with SOAP and WATER. DO NOT use bleach or other disinfectant
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PUT on fresh clothing.
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MAKE list of all people who had contact with the powder and
give to local public health authorities. They may be instructed
to watch for fever or other symptoms over the next couple of
days.
If
you receive a package marked with a threatening message:
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DO NOT OPEN.
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LEAVE it and EVACUATE the room.
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KEEP others from entering.
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NOTIFY the FBI, State police, and your supervisor.
If
there is aerosolization or a small explosion:
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TURN OFF local fans or ventilations units in the area.
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LEAVE room immediately.
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CLOSE the door, or section off the area to prevent others from
entering.
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NOTIFY the FBI, State police, and your supervisor.
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REMAIN on premises until responders arrive.
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SHUT DOWN air handling system in the building, if possible.
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MAKE list of all people who were in the building at the time
and give to local public health authorities. They may be instructed
to watch for fever or other symptoms over the next couple of
days.
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