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To: Washington Field From: Washington Field Re: 279A-WF-222936-USAMRIID, 05/24/2005 violate USAMRIID protocol, yet at the moment his concerns were validated, he took no actions toward addressing the problems for the benefit of USAMRIID. £ motivated by a concern for {_. why did IVINS not — inform of the presumptive positive results from desk2 ” IVINS confirmed during an interview that he did of de °: of his findings; however, reasons for not telling were not provided.*t The assessment by IVINS that the leve. peonbaminabion within the office was not a health risk to himself, did not diminish the significance of finding contamination outside of the hot suites. 15-6 sworn statement, he indicated that he mentioned to that he was going to checkL_______]desk in December and to. after he had done so that about half of the cultures were suspicious fo; x. During other interviews, IVINS stated that he told nee fa the swabbing after the fact. ave conflicting accounts of exactly when he informed about the environmental survey. In ae ition to expressing minimal uneasiness with regard to safety concerns, Dabresented a cavalier attitude wi respect to the results of IVINS' December swabbing results. ] SPILL INCIDENT IN SUITE B3 ON APRIL 8, 2002 . Description of Apri On April 8, 2002, removed eight 2-liter flasks containing B.a. spores from a shaker incubator in xoom[ o£ suite B3. The flasks, containing erythromycin-resistant (erm+)"B.a., were transport: in two trips ona fo) aboratory in room of suite B3. put the flasks in the hood and noticed that the paper towel tape the cap of one of the flasks was discolored on the inside. oticed dried media on the sides of several of the flasks~ Inotified everyone in the suite of the otential expos within minutes. were sent by to the ward for nasal swabs and evaluation.‘ bs . Results o. uite B3 environmental survey Loe ee ructe: o perform surveillance cultures lultiple rooms inside the B3 suite on April 9-11, 2002, to determine the extent of contamination resulting from the spill.** Surface contamination by B.a. was identified in several 7 LC ]