CDC: Anthrax vials in lab not sprayed with bleach

ATLANTA - A Texas laboratory where a worker contracted anthrax failed to spray its vials with the recommended bleach solution because it made the labels come off, the government said Thursday. <br> <br> The worker contracted the skin form of the disease in March after touching the vials without gloves and then touching a cut on his face, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. <br> <br> The lab sprayed the vials with an alcohol solution instead of bleach, the CDC said. <br> <br> Neither the worker nor the lab, which was contracted to handle testing during last year&#39;s anthrax scare, has been identified. The lab worker was in the hospital for five days, but recovered. <br> <br> Including the Texas case, the CDC said 23 anthrax cases have been confirmed since Oct. 3.

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