• Do not handle the mail piece or package suspected of contamination.
• Notify your supervisor, who will immediately contact the Inspection Service, local police, safety office or designated person.
• Make sure that damaged or suspicious packages are isolated and the immediate area cordoned off.
• Ensure that all persons who have touched the mail piece wash their hands with soap and water.
• The Inspectors will assess the threat situation and coordinate with the FBI.
• Designated officials will notify local, county, and state health departments.
• Designated officials will notify the state emergency manager.
• List all persons who have touched the letter and/or envelope. Include contact information. Provide the list to the Inspection Service.
• Place all items worn when in contact with the suspected mail piece in plastic bags and keep them wherever you change your clothes and have them available for law enforcement agents.
• As soon as practical, shower with soap and water.
• If prescribed medication by medical personnel, take it until otherwise instructed or it runs out.
• Notify the Center for Disease Control Emergency Response at 770-488-7100 for answers to any questions.
  

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