FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Infectious Disease Threats -- 3 Policy Precedents in Decontamination -- 4 Anthrax Decontamination After the 2001 Attacks: Social and Political Context -- 5 Framework for Event Management -- 6 Hazard Identification and Assessment -- 7 Factors Influencing Exposure to Harmful Biological Agents in Indoor Environments -- 8 Analyzing Health Risks -- 9 Sampling Strategies and Technologies -- 10 Decontamination Practices and Principles -- 11 Safe Reoccupation of a Facility -- 12 Harmful Biological Agents in a Public Facility: The Airport Scenario -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Statement of Task -- Appendix B Presentations to the Committee -- Appendix C All Findings and Recommendations -- Appendix D Other Relevant Case Studies -- Appendix E Were the 2001 Anthrax Exposures Consistent with Dose-Response: The Case for the AMI Building -- Appendix F Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.