Anthrax-laced letters were sent to the Senior Librarian recently. After the building was evacuated and all of the potentially exposed workers had received antibiotics to prevent the establishment of infection, no one was sure how to disinfect the building to make it safe for the return of workers. Your team has been hired by the Management to develop a plan to decontaminate the Building Complex after the arrival of anthrax-laced letters. The Building Complex contains thousands of valuable documents that cannot be destroyed. Workers need to be able to return to the buildings, although they do not need to return immediately. You need to guarantee the safety of workers who return. a. Can you devise an experimental setting to test the effectiveness of your strategy? b. What advice would you give to workers concerned with contaminating their family members?

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Anthrax-laced letters were sent to the Senior Librarian recently. After the building was evacuated and all of the potentially exposed workers had received antibiotics to prevent the establishment of infection, no one was sure how to disinfect the building to make it safe for the return of workers.

Your team has been hired by the Management to develop a plan to decontaminate the Building Complex after the arrival of anthrax-laced letters.

  • The Building Complex contains thousands of valuable documents that cannot be destroyed.
  • Workers need to be able to return to the buildings, although they do not need to return immediately.
  • You need to guarantee the safety of workers who return.

a. Can you devise an experimental setting to test the effectiveness of your strategy?
b. What advice would you give to workers concerned with contaminating their family members?

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