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FD-302a (Rev. 10-695) * 279A-NY-222936-302 Continuation of FD.302 of BRUCE EDWARDS IVINS yon 04/24-25/2003,,, 2 were to fall in a dusty area, which had not subsequently been cleaned, it could still be there. Based on the above, in approximately December 2001, IVINS took the inde} tive to swab the oftice[ ___] IVINS swabbed approximately twenty areas, to include desk, telephone, and computer in an effort to determine the presence of B.A. Analysis of the samples the next day indicated that approximately half the samples yielded what appeared to have one or two colonies of B.A. This was considered a "presumptive positive" and IVINS conducted no further tests to confirm the presence of B.A. IVINS autoclaved and disposed of all the samples. of his findings, but was unsure if he actuall: thoroughly cleaned € that time IVINS told nobody of his swabbing efforts and sindinas He felt he had effectively taken care of the issue On or about 04/11/02 or 04/12/02, IVINS became aware that there was a possible contamination incident in. lab B3, and that had conducted sampli in the suite and found several areas with "presumptive positives" \for the presence o B.A. The contamination incident consis i On the following Monday) it over the weekend and becoming i: possible contamination immediately tside the B3 lab, decided to independently conduct swabbing surveys in areas likely, in his mind, to have been contaminated. IVINS conducted‘ the swabbing effort on either 04/15/02 and 04/16/02, or 04/16/02 and 04/17/02. He realizes he should have requested authority from his superiors to conduct the surveys, but he was afraid it would be weeks before permission was granted due to "red-tape." On 04/16/02, IVINS decided to swab the "cold-side" of the pass-thru box of B3, the cold-side men's changing room (because he could not get into the women's change room), ("Cold-side" refers to areas outside the lal IVINS sampled the cold-side of the pass-thru box because survey had found the presence of what appeared to be B.A. on the handle of the hot-side of the pass-thru box inside the B3 lab.