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Discover Background Data and Resources:

• Get introduced to NETEC through the interactive timeline of special pathogens below.* This timeline describes some significant special pathogen events in recent history.

• Find out more about the 2014 Ebola outbreak and the development of the ASPR/CDC-supported network of healthcare facilities preparing for the next outbreak through the Ebola timeline.

• This NETEC Repository helps to provide training and educational resources to prepare for future special pathogen events.

• Explore the files BELOW THE TIMELINE to discover and learn more about Ebola and other Special Pathogens, an overview of special pathogens, clinically managing patients affected, and readying healthcare teams and systems to keep everyone safe.

Timeline of Special Pathogens:

*Click for a screen reader accessible table of this timeline.

Collection Resources

• Escalating infection control response to the rapidly evolving epidemiology of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong

  Tags 2019-nCoV, Airborne Transmission, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Droplet Transmission, Infection Prevention and Control, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, SARS-CoV-2
  Creator: Cheng, V., Wong, S., Chen, J., Yip, C., Chuang, V., Tsang, O., . . . Yuen, K.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-03-05
  Description: To describe the infection control preparedness for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2 [previously known as 2019-novel coronavirus] in the first 42 days after announcement of a cluster of pneumonia in China, on 31 December 2019 (day 1)…

• COVID-19 Disease With Positive Fecal and Negative Pharyngeal and Sputum Viral Tests

  Tags 2019-nCoV, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Example, Lab, Laboratory, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Chen, Lijuan, Jianghua Lou, Yan Bai, and Meiyun Wang.
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-03-20
  Description: An epidemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread in China and has affected 26 countries worldwide since December 2019.

  Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.

• Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients with digestive symptoms in Hubei, China: a descriptive, cross-sectional, multicenter study

  Tags 2019-nCoV, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Lab, Laboratory, Outcomes, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Lei Pan, Mi Mu, Pengcheng Yang, Yu Sun, Runsheng Wang, Junhong Yan, Pibao Li, Baoguang Hu, Jing Wang, Chao Hu, Yuan Jin, Xun Niu, Rongyu Ping, Yingzhen Du, Tianzhi Li, Guogang Xu, Qinyong Hu, Lei Tu.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-03-18
  Description: Since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in December2019, various digestive symptoms have been frequently reported in patients infected with the virus.

• Ready or Not, Patients Will Present: Improving Urban Pandemic Preparedness.

  Tags Pandemic, Preparedness, R-EM, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: Madad, Syra, Joshua Moskovitz, Matthew R. Boyce, Nicholas V. Cagliuso, and Rebecca Katz.
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-03-16
  Description: Over the past century, society has achieved great gains in medicine, public health, and health-care infrastructure, particularly in the areas of vaccines, antibiotics, sanitation, intensive care and medical technology.

• An observational cohort study of triage for critical care provision during pandemic influenza: ‘clipboard physicians’ or ‘evidenced based medicine’?

  Tags Critical Care, Ethics, Flu, Influenza, Pandemic, R-Res&Pub, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Guest, T., G. Tantam, N. Donlin, K. Tantam, H. McMillan, and A. Tillyard.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2009-10-09
  Description: We assessed the impact of a United Kingdom government‐recommended triage process, designed to guide the decision to admit patients to intensive care during an influenza pandemic, on patients in a teaching hospital intensive care unit.

• Worst case: rethinking tertiary triage protocols in pandemics and other health emergencies

  Tags Critical Care, Ethics, Pandemic, R-EM, R-Res&Pub, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Fink, Sheri L.
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2010
  Description: Demand for critical care resources could vastly outstrip supply in an influenza pandemic or other health emergency, which has led expert groups to propose altered standards for triage and resource allocation.

• Does triage to critical care during a pandemic necessarily result in more survivors?

  Tags Critical Care, Ethics, Pandemic, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Utley, Martin, Christina Pagel, Mark J. Peters, Andy Petros, and Paula Lister.
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2011-01
  Description: The 2009 H1N1 pandemic reinforced the need for a planned response to increased demand for critical care.
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  VA Pandemic Influenza Plan

  Tags Emergency Management, Ethics, Flu, Influenza, Pandemic, R-EM, R-Res&Pub, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2006-03-31
  Description: The VA Pandemic Influenza Plan has been created to guide VA in protecting staff and Veterans during a pandemic. It is part of VA emergency plans to help all parts of VA with preparation, response, and recovery stages of an influenza pandemic.

• Scarce Resource Management & Crisis Standards of Care

  Tags Emergency Management, Ethics, Pandemic, R-EM, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Washington State Department of Health and Northwest Healthcare Response Network
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2021-11
  Description: In the event of a large-scale disaster, either a no-notice event such as a natural disaster or a prolonged situation such as a pandemic, there is the potential for an overwhelming number of critically ill or injured patients. In these situations,…
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  Public Engagement Project on Medical Service Prioritization During an Influenza Pandemic

  Tags Ethics, Flu, Influenza, Pandemic, R-T&C, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Public Health - Seattle & King County
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2009-09-29
  Description: A severe influenza pandemic will have profound impact on the health care delivery system. Shortages of life-sustaining medical resources, including hospital beds, trained health care providers, intensive care unit resources, medical supplies,…