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• The National Ebola Training and Education Center: Preparing the United States for Ebola and Other Special Pathogens

  Tags Ebola, Isolation/Biocontainment, NETEC, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, Special Pathogens, Training
  Creator: Kratochvil, C. J., L. Evans, B. S. Ribner, J. J. Lowe, M. C. Harvey, R. C. Hunt, A. J. Tumpey, R. P. Fagan, M. M. Schwedhelm, S. Bell, J. Maher, C. S. Kraft, N. V. Cagliuso, Sr., S. Vanairsdale, A. Vasa and P. W. Smith
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-01
  Description: The National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) was established in 2015 in response to the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa.

• A Highly Infectious Disease Care Network in the US Healthcare System

  Tags Public Health, R-Gen, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Le, A. B., P. D. Biddinger, P. W. Smith, J. J. Herstein, D. A. Levy, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-01
  Description: During the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the United States responded by stratifying hospitals into 1 of 3 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-designated categories-based on the hospital's ability to identify, isolate, assess,…

• Working with People and Communities in Urban Humanitarian Crises

  Tags Communications, Ebola, Emergency Management, Epidemic, Epidemiology, Outbreaks, Public Health, Quarantine, R-EM, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-01
  Description: This Working Paper explores the topic of working with urban populations and communities.

• Cardiac MRI Findings Suggest Myocarditis in Severe Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Chertow DS, Childs RW, Arai AE, Davey RT Jr.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-05
  Description: In March, 2015, a 34 year-old previously healthy male healthcare worker was evacuated from Sierra Leone to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Research Center for the management of severe Ebola virus disease (EVD).

• Clinical Management of Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in High-Resource Settings

  Tags Critical Care, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Staffing, Staffing Model, Therapeutics
  Creator: Marshall Lyon, G., A. K. Mehta and B. S. Ribner
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-11
  Description: Like most viral illnesses in humans, supportive care of the patient is the mainstay of clinical care for patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD).
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  A Case of Human Lassa Virus Infection With Robust Acute T-Cell Activation and Long-Term Virus-Specific T-Cell Responses

  Tags Antibodies, Immunology, Lassa, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics
  Creator: McElroy, A. K., R. S. Akondy, J. R. Harmon, A. H. Ellebedy, D. Cannon, J. D. Klena, J. Sidney, A. Sette, A. K. Mehta, C. S. Kraft, M. G. Lyon, J. B. Varkey, B. S. Ribner, S. T. Nichol and C. F. Spiropoulou
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-15
  Description: A nurse who acquired Lassa virus infection in Togo in the spring of 2016 was repatriated to the United States for care at Emory University Hospital.

• Ebola Response in Cities

  Tags Communications, Ebola, Emergency Management, Epidemic, Epidemiology, Outbreaks, Public Health, Quarantine, R-EM, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-26
  Description: In November 2014, ALNAP launched a sub-group of the Urban Response Community of Practice (CoP) to gather learning from the urban aspects of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) response in West Africa.

• 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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  Unit On-Call Schedule Example

  Tags Leadership Toolbox, Preparedness Tools, R-PM, Staff Rotations, Staffing, Staffing Model
  Creator: Emory
  Subject: Training and Exercises
  Item Type: Checklist
  Date Last Updated: 2017-08-04
  Description: Leadership Toolbox, Preparedness: Call Schedule August 13 - September 09 2017
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  Unit Training Agenda

  Tags Example, Leadership Toolbox, Not updated, Preparedness Tools, R-Lead, R-T&E, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Emory
  Subject: Training and Exercises
  Item Type: Exercise
  Date Last Updated: 2017-08-09
  Description: Leadership Toolbox, Preparedness: SCDU Quarterly Training Agenda

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