Collection Resources

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  Waste Removal Process (Categories A and B)

  Tags Autoclave, Infection Prevention and Control, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), NSPS 1, NSPS 2, NSPS 3, NSPS 4, Protocol, R-WM, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Waste Management
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Waste Management
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2017-12-01
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To provide guidance for removing waste items from the NBU.
  
  Policy number 1167
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  Laundry Policy (VHF)

  Tags Decontamination, Infection Prevention and Control, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), Protocol, R-IPC, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-06-01
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To prevent the potential transmission of highly hazardous communicable diseases through contaminated laundry.
  
  Policy number 1166
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  Isopod Setup

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Isopod, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), Patient Transport, Portable Isolation Unit, Protocol, R-EMS, R-PreH, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Pre-Hospital
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-07-01
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: Instructions on how to set-up the Isopod to allow for the safe transportation of a patient with a highly hazardous communicable disease.
  
  Policy number 1163
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  Isopod Cleaning and Storage

  Tags Decontamination, Infection Prevention and Control, Isopod, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), Portable Isolation Unit, Protocol, R-IIT, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-04-01
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To insure the Isopod is charged and ready for use when needed and to safely dispose of the Isopod after use.
  
  Policy number 1162
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  Obtaining and Processing Laboratory Specimens

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Lab, Laboratory, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), Protocol, R-Lab, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling, Specimen Transport, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-01
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To obtain and process laboratory specimens while maintaining infection control practices.
  
  Policy number 1210
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  Containment Wrap Guidelines

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Internal Transport, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), Patient Transport, Pre-Hospital, Protocol, R-IPC, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-08-01
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To provide guidelines for the use of a containment wrap during intra-facility transport; or direct admission from the emergency department to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU).
  
  Policy number 1051
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  Autoclave Policy/Procedure

  Tags Autoclave, Infection Prevention and Control, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), Protocol, R-IPC, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Waste Management
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Waste Management
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2021-12
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To prevent patients and healthcare workers from becoming contaminated by any materials used in the NBU.
  
  Policy number 1025
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  Handling Infectious Human Remains (BioSeal System)

  Tags Decedent Management, Decontamination, Equipment and Supplies, Infection Prevention and Control, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), Protocol, Public Health, R-DM, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Decedent Management
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2021-03
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To provide a safe method for the removal of infectious human remains from the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU).
  
  Policy number 1005
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  Bodily Fluid / Other Liquid Spills / Sharps Cleanup

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), Protocol, R-IPC, Spills, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-03-01
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To define a process for clean-up, disinfection and disposal of bodily fluid and other fluid spills, including those that contain sharps.
  
  Policy number 1011

• Kansas Highly Infectious Disease and Pandemic Plan

  Tags Communications, CONOPS, Decontamination, Ebola, Emergency Management, EMS, Epidemic, Federal, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, Medical Surveillance, Outbreaks, Patient Transport, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Public Health, Quarantine, R-EM, Region 7, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling, Specimen Transport, Temperature Monitoring, Waste Management
  Creator: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2023-01
  Description: The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) developed a preparedness and response plan following the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa in response to the possibility of cases affecting Kansas. This "Kansas Ebola Virus Preparedness and…