Tag: CDC
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What Do Radiation Contamination and Exposure Mean?
This brief animated video describes the concepts of radiation exposure and contamination with radioactive materials, to help people understand how to protect themselves in a radiation emergency and how these terms are used differently than in an infectious disease emergency. Removing radioactive contamination (decontamination) will be an important protective action in a radiation emergency.
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Radiation Risk Communication for Public Health
Providing information for the public in a radiation disaster will be a challenge, even for experienced communicators. This training provides resources and best practices for communication before, during, and after a radiation emergency.
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Communication for a Nuclear or Radiological Disaster
On February 27, CDC’s Emergency Partners Information Connection and the National Center for Environmental Health held a special webinar on nuclear and radiological emergencies. One of CDC’s top communication experts on this topic discusses the misunderstandings and the reality of radiation exposure, how a nuclear event would affect people, what actions to take and avoid…
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Radiological and Nuclear Disaster Preparedness
Are we, as a nation, prepared for a radiological or nuclear attack? With concern over continued terrorist threats at home and abroad, “dirty bombs”, and the nuclear armament of rogue states, this question is just as relevant today as it was on September 11. This special session of Public Health Grand Rounds not only addresses…