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Get introduced to NETEC through the interactive timeline of special pathogens below.* This timeline describes some significant special pathogen events in recent history.
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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 .
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This NETEC Repository helps to provide training and educational resources to prepare for future special pathogen events.
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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:
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Collection Resources
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Creator: WHO
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-01
Description: WHO EVD Manual.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.
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Creator: EPA
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2022-10-26
Description: EPA's registered antimicrobial products. -
Creator: Gao, Pengfei, Matthew Horvatin, George Niezgoda, Robyn Weible, and Ronald Shaffer.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-12
Description: Current CDC guidance for the disinfection of gloved hands during the doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE) following the care of a patient with Ebola recommends for multiple applications of alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) on medical exam… -
Creator: Axelsson, John, Tina Sundelin, Mats J. Olsson, Kimmo Sorjonen, Charlotte Axelsson, Julie Lasselin, and Mats Lekander.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-01-03
Description: Detection and avoidance of sick individuals have been proposed as essential components in a behavioural defence against disease, limiting the risk of contamination.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.
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Creator: CDC and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2012-05
Description: See Lesson 1, Section 10.Lesson 1: Introduction to Epidemiology, Section 10: Chain of Infection from Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice, Third Edition An Introduction to Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics. -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2023
Description: A surveillance case definition is a set of uniform criteria used to define a disease for public health surveillance. Surveillance case definitions enable public health officials to classify and count cases consistently across reporting jurisdictions.… -
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Creator: Geisen, C., G. Kann, T. Strecker, T. Wolf, G. Schüttfort, M. van Kraaij, S. MacLennan, S. Rummler, C. Weinigel, M. Eickmann, S. K. Fehling, V. Krähling, C. Seidl, E. Seifried, M. Schmidt, and R. Schäfer.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-05
Description: Ebola virus disease is a public health emergency of international concern, and enormous efforts are being made in the development of vaccines and therapies. -
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Creator: CDC
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2019-08-02
Description: To date, we don’t fully understand the pathogenic potential and transmission dynamics of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Until more information becomes available, precautions should be taken in collecting and handling…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.
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