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• Ebola surgical protocols enhance safety of patients and personnel

  Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Occupational Health, Patient Care, Patient Transport, R-IPC, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Surgery
  Creator: Mathias, J. M.
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-04-30
  Description: In the months since Ebola patients were first treated in US hospitals, much progress has been made in establishing protocols to protect patients and healthcare workers from harm.
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  Effectiveness of Four Disinfectants against Ebola Virus on Different Materials

  Tags Decontamination, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, NSPS 1, NSPS 2, NSPS 3, NSPS 4, Physical Infrastructure, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Terminal Clean
  Creator: Smither, S., Phelps, A., Eastaugh, L., Ngugi, S., O’Brien, L., Dutch, A., & Lever, M. S.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-08-04
  Description: The West Africa Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak has highlighted the need for effective disinfectants capable of reducing viral load in a range of sample types, equipment and settings.This article was corrected in Erratum on August 4, 2016.
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  Two-Center Evaluation of Disinfectant Efficacy against Ebola Virus in Clinical and Laboratory Matrices

  Tags Decontamination, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Lab, Laboratory, Physical Infrastructure, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Terminal Clean
  Creator: Sophie J. Smither, Lin Eastaugh, Claire Marie Filone, Denise Freeburger, Artemas Herzog, M. Stephen Lever, David M. Miller, Dana Mitzel, James W. Noah, Mary S. Reddick-Elick, Amy Reese, Michael Schuit, Carly B. Wlazlowski, Michael Hevey, and Victoria…
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-01
  Description: Ebola virus (EBOV) in body fluids poses risk for virus transmission.
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  Use of Postexposure Prophylaxis After Occupational Exposure to Zaire ebolavirus

  Tags Ebola, Example, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Prophylaxis, R-PM, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Wong, K. K., R. T. Davey, Jr., A. L. Hewlett, C. S. Kraft, A. K. Mehta, M. J. Mulligan, A. Beck, W. Dorman, C. J. Kratochvil, L. Lai, T. N. Palmore, S. Rogers, P. W. Smith, A. F. Suffredini, M. Wolcott, U. Stroher and T. M. Uyeki
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-08-01
  Description: From September 2014 to April 2015, 6 persons who had occupational exposures to Zaire ebolavirus in West Africa received investigational agent rVSV-ZEBOV or TKM-100802 for postexposure prophylaxis and were monitored in the United States.

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• Emergency Department Processes for the Evaluation and Management of Persons Under Investigation for Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Diagnosis, Ebola, Emergency Department, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-IIT, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Travel Screening, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Wadman, M. C., S. S. Schwedhelm, S. Watson, J. Swanhorst, S. G. Gibbs, J. J. Lowe, P. C. Iwen, A. K. Hayes, S. Needham, D. W. Johnson, D. J. Kalin, W. G. Zeger and R. L. Muelleman
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-09-01
  Description: Due to the recent Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, patients with epidemiologic risk for Ebola virus disease and symptoms consistent with Ebola virus disease are presenting to emergency departments (EDs) and clinics in the United States.

• Advancing Preparedness for Highly Hazardous Contagious Diseases: Admitting 10 Simulated Patients with MERS-CoV

  Tags Exercises and Drills, Intake, MERS-CoV, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Public Health, R-T&E, Respiratory Pathogen, Special Pathogens, Staffing, Staffing Model, Surge, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Vasa, A., P. W. Smith, M. Schwedhelm, T. J. Cieslak, J. Lowe, C. J. Kratochvil, E. L. Beam, K. Boulter and A. Hewlett
  Subject: Training and Exercises
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-08-01
  Description: The Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016 highlighted the need for the development of a more robust healthcare infrastructure in the United States to provide isolation care for patients infected with a highly hazardous contagious disease.
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  Persistence of Ebola Virus in Ocular Fluid during Convalescence

  Tags Ebola, Eye/Ocular Health, Follow up, Infection Prevention and Control, Laboratory Testing, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling, Survivors
  Creator: Varkey, J. B., J. G. Shantha, I. Crozier, C. S. Kraft, G. M. Lyon, A. K. Mehta, G. Kumar, J. R. Smith, M. H. Kainulainen, S. Whitmer, U. Stroher, T. M. Uyeki, B. S. Ribner and S. Yeh
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-06-18
  Description: Among the survivors of Ebola virus disease (EVD), complications that include uveitis can develop during convalescence, although the incidence and pathogenesis of EVD-associated uveitis are unknown.This article was corrected in volume 372 on page…
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  Ebola Virus Persistence in Semen of Male Survivors

  Tags Ebola, Follow up, Laboratory Testing, Public Health, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling, Survivors, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Uyeki, T. M., B. R. Erickson, S. Brown, A. K. McElroy, D. Cannon, A. Gibbons, T. Sealy, M. H. Kainulainen, A. J. Schuh, C. S. Kraft, A. K. Mehta, G. M. Lyon, 3rd, J. B. Varkey, B. S. Ribner, R. T. Ellison, 3rd, E. Carmody, G. J. Nau, C. Spiropoulou,…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-06-15
  Description: We investigated the duration of Ebola virus (EBOV) RNA and infectious EBOV in semen specimens of 5 Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors.
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  Comparison of FilmArray and Quantitative Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR for Detection of Zaire Ebolavirus from Contrived and Clinical Specimens

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Immunology, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Handling
  Creator: Southern, T. R., L. D. Racsa, C. G. Albarino, P. D. Fey, S. H. Hinrichs, C. N. Murphy, V. L. Herrera, A. R. Sambol, C. E. Hill, E. L. Ryan, C. S. Kraft, S. Campbell, T. K. Sealy, A. Schuh, J. C. Ritchie, G. M. Lyon, 3rd, A. K. Mehta, J. B. Varkey, B.…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-09-01
  Description: Rapid, reliable, and easy-to-use diagnostic assays for detection of Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV) are urgently needed.

• The Psychosocial Challenges of Caring for Patients with Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Behavioral Health, Ebola, Example, Family Support, Nursing, Occupational Health, Patient Care, Patient Support, R-Lead, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, Staff Support, Staffing
  Creator: Smith, M. W., P. W. Smith, C. J. Kratochvil and S. Schwedhelm
  Subject: Personnel Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-02-01
  Description: Caring for highly infectious patients in biocontainment units is a new phenomenon, and little is known about the behavioral health of workers in this setting.

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