A report says the Army scientist suspected in the 2001 anthrax attacks lost access to all labs in March after he spilled anthrax on himself and went home to wash his clothes before telling supervisors.

The report by the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases was obtained by the Frederick News-Post.

The report says Bruce Ivins spilled a veterinary vaccine strain of anthrax on his pants and walked home to wash his pants with bleach before returning and telling supervisors. The strain involved was not the one used in the anthrax mailings.

Ivins had already been barred from labs where the most dangerous agents were handled.

Ivins committed suicide in July as federal authorities prepared to charge him with mailing anthrax-laced letters that killed five people.

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Information from: The Frederick (Md.) News-Post, http://www.fredericknewspost.com