A small Midwest hospital has isolated what is strongly suspected to be Bacillus anthracis from three different individuals who are postal employees. The department supervisor should
A) notify the local and state public health departments.
B) send the organisms to a reference laboratory for confirmation.
C) report the organism and notify the infection control department.
D) destroy the organisms to prevent exposure.
A
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