Featured in this issue: Biodetection: Today, Tomorrow & Years Later, By Glen Rudner; “Pathogens for
Knuckleheads”: The Enemy Within – Invisible & Infectious, By Christina Flowers; The Hospital ICS: Mainstream
Solution, or Barely Used?, By Craig DeAtley; Hospital Emergency Departments – Infectious Diseases: The First
Line of Defense, By Theodore (Ted) Tully; Swabs and Samples; Assays and Analytes, By Patti Riggs, Principal
Chemist, QuickSilver Analytics; Bio-Preparedness: From the Top Down, By JL Smither; The Driving Forces Behind
Policy Making, By Joseph Cahill; The Limits of Detection: A New Horizon Beckons, By Chris Weber; UTMB: From
Disaster Planning to Long-Term Recovery, By Cameron W. Slocum & James Lee Witt; and Arizona, Michigan,
Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire, By Adam McLaughlin