To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff &
           All Undergrad Students & All Grad Students <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Vice Chancellor Charles C. Colbert " <ccolbert@uiuc.edu>

Reply-To: ccolbert@uiuc.edu
 Subject: MASSMAIL - SAFETY ALERT 

Handling Letters and Packages: Concerns about Anthrax

Due to recent events involving anthrax, we understand that handling 
letters and packages is a concern for many faculty, staff, and students, 
especially those who deal with incoming mail. The U.S. Postal Service has 
provided guidelines for persons who receive a suspicious letter or 
package. Those guidelines are:

1) Handling with care, put the package down. Don?t shake or bump.
2) Don't open, smell, touch, or taste.
3) Isolate it immediately.
4) Treat it as suspect. Call 9-911 from campus phones, 911 from non-campus 
locations.

For guidance on how to identify suspicious packages and letters and on 
dealing with potential anthrax or bombs in the mail, go to: 
http://www.vcadmin.uiuc.edu/mail.html

For additional information on anthrax, go to: 
www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/updates/anthrax.html

For additional information from the U.S. Postal Service, go to: 
http://www.usps.com/news/2001/press/serviceupdates.htm, and 
http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/notices/not71.pdf

For information on anthrax and other biological agents from the U.S. 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), go to: www.bt.cdc.gov
This mailing approved by:
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration & HR

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