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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.
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 .

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.

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Guidance on Performing Routine Diagnostic Testing for Patients with Suspected VHFs or Other High-Consequence Disease

Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, NSPS 1, NSPS 2, NSPS 3, NSPS 4, R-Lab

Creator: CDC
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023-04-30
Description: This webpage provides guidance for hospitals and clinical laboratories on performing routine diagnostic testing necessary for management and care of patients with a suspected viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) or other high-consequence disease while…
Travel Health Notices

Tags Outbreaks, R-IIT, Travel Screening

Creator: CDC
Subject: General
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023-03-27
Description: Travel Health Notices inform travelers and clinicians about current health issues that impact travelers’ health, like disease outbreaks, special events or gatherings, and natural disasters, in destinations around the world. See types of travel…
CDC Current Outbreak List

Tags NSPS 1, NSPS 2, NSPS 3, NSPS 4, Outbreaks, R-IIT

Creator: CDC
Subject: General
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2022-12-30
Description: Infectious disease outbreaks currently being reported on by CDC. Listings include those outbreaks for which content is currently published on the CDC website.
Travel Clinical Assistant (TCA)

Tags NSPS 1, NSPS 2, NSPS 3, NSPS 4, Outbreaks, R-IIT, Travel Screening, Vaccines

Creator: Georgia Department of Public Health
Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023
Description: The Travel Clinical Assistant provides post-travel clinical information on travel-related diseases for 231 countries. Diseases with recent outbreaks occurring in the last 2 years are listed first. For recent outbreaks, information on clinical…
Example: Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Decontamination of an Ambulance that has Transported a Person under Investigation or Patient with Confirmed Ebola

Tags Decontamination, Ebola, Ebola Decontamination, Infection Prevention and Control, Pre-Hospital, R-EMS, R-PreH, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Creator: CDC
Subject: Pre-hospital
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2016-01-28
Description: This resource was originally commissioned and published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.This SOP can serve as a model for emergency medical services (EMS) transport agencies to standardize the procedures and responsibilities for…
Example: Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Patient Handoff between a Healthcare Facility and a Transporting Ambulance

Tags Intake, Pre-Hospital, Pre-hospital Transport, R-EMS, R-PreH, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

Creator: CDC
Subject: Pre-hospital
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2016-01-08
Description: This resource was originally commissioned and published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.This document provides guidance to facilitate planning for and execution of patient handoff between personnel at a fixed facility (hospital…
Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Breaches

Tags Breach, Gloves, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE

Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2022-11-03
Description: This NETEC blog post discusses breaches, contamination, how to develop a breach plan, and resources for health care facilities.
PPE Breaches: Understanding the Risks and How to Respond

Tags Breach, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE

Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023-01-10
Description: This NETEC blog post discusses PPE breaches and identifying and mitigating risks.
Polio Resurgence: Guidance for Health Care Workers

Tags Diagnosis, Droplet Transmission, Laboratory Testing, Polio, R-T&C, Survivors, Vaccines

Creator: NETEC
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023-02-06
Description: This NETEC blog post discusses Poliovirus transmission and pathogenesis, Paralytic Polio, Polio survivors and Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS), Polio vaccines and recommendations, and Polio testing in the laboratory.
What You Need to Know about Nipah Virus

Tags Clinical Care, Infection Prevention and Control, Laboratory Testing, Nipah (NiV), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-T&C

Creator: NETEC
Subject: General
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023-02-10
Description: This NETEC blog post discusses what Nipah Virus is, signs and symptoms of Nipah Virus Infection, clinical care for patients infected with Nipah Virus, recommended Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), infection control measures for Nipah Virus…