A day in the life of a Quarantine Station

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1 A day in the life of a Quarantine Station

2 Honolulu On the day s agenda: - Organize efforts re: emergency response documents - Revise SARS training manual cover - Touch base with local health department - Re-write TB notification letter - Complete Visa SOA

3 What Actually Happens - Report of suspected measles in Guam - Elderly man has a stroke in hall - 30 min. later, a young man in from Japan is found in severe abdominal pain. Paramedics assist - Routine phone calls from public and airlines - Cargo clearances - CBP notifies staff of a storm watch

4 OIC, R. Tapia (50!!!! Yrs) Inspector, L. Pacheco, (24 yrs)

5 Seattle On the day s agenda - Develop protocol for fire department to deliver botulism and diphtheria antitoxins - Work on airport response plan for communicable disease Inspector Than Lerner, 23 yrs with DGMQ and Constella contractors

6 What Actually Happens Receive report of passenger in baggage area who is vomiting blood - Dx: : Cirrhosis of liver: on meds, still drinking Report of dead puppy from Russia - Define personal protection measures airline staff should take - Arrange with airline to send carcass to state lab for necropsy

7 San Francisco On the day s agenda: - Active flight surveillance for Asian flights - Weekly quarantine station update - Emergency Contact Database update it and cleane data - CBP training on Q regs

8 What Actually Happens Passenger arrives in a wheelchair and wearing a face mask Cargo vessel suspected of smuggling Chinese aliens

9 San Francisco Staff QI Lerner (now stationed in SEA) OIC S. Dwyer 12 yrs DGMQ, QI T. Cheanng 21 yrs after 3 as interpreter

10 Los Angeles On the day s agenda: - Review the emergency response plan for a subport airport - Develop a new method of logging non-human primate inspections - Inspect an importation of non-human primates - Develop presentations for an upcoming port visit

11 What Actually Happens Local populace concerned about West Nile outbreak Bomb scare in a month of several airport locked down and no one gets in or out Cargo ship notifies LAX Q of ill crew member who has died NHP Inspection

12 The Quarantine Flag Flies in Galveston Harbor

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14 USFWS NHP Import Data, , All Species Total = 265,521 Mean = 13, mean = 16, mean = 9,821 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,

15 FY94-03 NHP Imports, All Species 20,000 18,000 16,000 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03

16 Los Angeles staff Permanent staff currently includes OIC M Marty (15 yrs), QI D. O Neill (17 yrs) and QI K Nguyen(23 yrs)

17 Chicago On the day s agenda - Follow up from several port visits trip reports, thank-you letters, emergency response plans to review and adapt - More port visits to plan - phone calls, developing presentations - Quarterly Operations Manual update - Timecards - Training Certificates

18 What Actually Happens Invitation to join an Technical Advisory Group Conference call IL Terrorism Task Force, Bioterrorism Sub Committee Drug call Bush meat shipment confiscated Measles on international flight

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20 Chicago Team QIs Bachar,16 yrs, Poray, 8 yrs, and Blumensaadt, 20 yrs

21 Atlanta On the day s agenda: - Developing a template for tabletop exercises - Place calls to determine details of an upcoming drill at a subport - Plan a port visit - Schedule training sessions

22 What Actually Happens Domestic flight with a suspected meningococcal meningitis case Call from Coast Guard Mobile, regarding a NHP that was found crushed under a container on board a ship

23 Q Staff in Atlanta contractor, Inspector C corsino (8 yrs), OIC T. Daley (20 Yrs)

24 Miami On the day s agenda - Cargo clearances have piled up on the fax machine overnight - 100% immigrant visa check - Follow-up calls from most recent port visit - Meeting scheduled in Ft. Lauderdale with the health department, shipping agencies and cruise lines

25 What Actually Happens CBP inspector bitten by a dog Calls about illnesses on cruise ships Quarantine Inspector who is a Reservist is called up to active duty Illegal non-human primate seized

26 P. Camagong (23 yrs) OIC, T Drew (14 yrs) Acting OIC, F. McFarlane (19 ½ yrs)

27 New York On the day s agenda: - Calls to update Emergency Contacts Database - HIV notification not completed yesterday because health care provider information wasn t available - Plan port visits to Norfolk & Philadelphia - Inspect vessel for unsanitary conditions and suspected illness on board

28 What Actually Happens Puppy mill importation, ill animals Port Authority detains passenger after NHPs discovered in his socks While driving to the vessel inspection, hear word of stowaways on vessel that floated into Manhattan s Beach Meningitis exposure in Spain

29 JFK Q Staff and Visitor Dr. Koppaka, G Reitz (17 yrs), E DeMott (33 yrs), M Booth (12 yrs), S. Shapiro (12 yrs), OIC Becker (22 yrs), J Bateman (5 yrs)

30 Washington Dulles (newest station) On the day s agenda: - Brand new station need credentials - Identify space - Meet CBP officers - Meet Airport authority - Meet local Health Department officials

31 What Actually Happens Acquire 2 offices together in the Mid Field terminal in the FIS area Obtain credentials for full access of the Dulles FIS area. Met with Executive Staff Coordinator for Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Met with US Customs and Border Protection Setup a procedure on review of all Visas with class conditions and asylum paper work

32 Acting OIC, newest Quarantine Station Don Spatz, 22 Years with DGMQ

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