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• Planning and response to Ebola virus disease: An integrated approach

  Tags Ebola, Emergency Management, EMS, Exercises and Drills, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-Lead, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, Staffing, Staffing Model, Training, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Smith, P. W., K. C. Boulter, A. L. Hewlett, C. J. Kratochvil, E. J. Beam, S. G. Gibbs, J. M. Lowe and M. M. Schwedhelm
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-05-01
  Description: The care of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) requires the application of critical care medicine principles under conditions of stringent infection control precautions.
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  Preparing for Serious Communicable Diseases in the United States: What the Ebola Virus Epidemic Has Taught Us

  Tags Antibodies, Contact Transmission, Critical Care, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Epidemic, Infection Prevention and Control, Outbreaks, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Prophylaxis, Public Health, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics, Vaccine Study, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Varkey, J. B. and B. S. Ribner
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-06-01
  Description: Ending the West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak required an unprecedented international response.

• US State Public Health Departments Special Pathogen Planning.

  Tags CONOPS, Pre-hospital Transport, Public Health, R-EMS, R-Gen, R-PreH, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, K. C. Jelden, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-12-07
  Description: US state public health departments played key roles in planning for and responding to confirmed and suspected cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) during the 2014-2016 outbreak, including designating select hospitals as high-level isolation units…
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  Frontline Facility Preparedness Checklist

  Tags Assessment Facility, CONOPS, Ebola, Federal, Frontline Facility, Healthcare Coalition, Public Health, R-Lead, Regional Treatment Center, Special Pathogens
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Checklist
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-17
  Description: NETEC Checklist

• Introduction to Ebola Disease: Managing Infectious Hazards

  Tags Communications, Decontamination, Donning and Doffing, Ebola, Emergency Department, Emergency Management, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, International Response, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, Lab, Laboratory, Patient Care, Patient Transport, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Pre-hospital Transport, Public Health, R-PPE, Special Pathogens, Training, Waste
  Creator: WHO
  Subject: General
  Item Type: In Person Course
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-09
  Description: WHO Ebola disease course slides, description of the virus and infection prevention and control

• Ebola: Five Key Questions

  Tags Contact Transmission, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, R-Gen, Therapeutics
  Creator: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-14
  Description: Questions about Ebola explained
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  Ebola Characteristics Compared with Other Infectious Disease

  Tags Ebola, R-Gen, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-14
  Description: This table presents Ebola characteristics compared with other infectious diseases.

• Online Audiocasts From the SHEA/CDC ORTP (Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Outbreak Response Training Program) Regional Training Workshop

  Tags Behavioral Health, Biosafety, Clinical Care Guidelines, Communications, CONOPS, Diagnosis, Ebola, Emergency Management, Epidemic, Exercises and Drills, MERS-CoV, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Preparedness, Public Health, R-T&E, Special Pathogens, Therapeutics, Training, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Subject: General
  Item Type: In Person Course
  Date Last Updated: 2023-10-18
  Description: These audiocasts, recorded at the SHEA/CDC ORTP Regional Training Workshop, discuss successes and failures of past infectious disease outbreaks and offer insights into the key steps involved in preparing your facility for the next high-consequence…
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  Prioritizing diseases for research and development in emergency contexts

  Tags Coronavirus, Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), Ebola, Epidemic, Experimental Drugs, Lassa, Marburg, Medical Surveillance, MERS-CoV, Mpox, Orthopox Virus, Outbreaks, Pandemic, Plague, Prophylaxis, Public Health, R-Gen, Respiratory Pathogen, SARS, Special Pathogens, Therapeutics, Vaccine Study, Variola, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: World Health Organization
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2022
  Description: Worldwide, the number of potential pathogens is very large, while the resources for disease research and development (R&D) is limited. To ensure efforts under WHO’s R&D Blueprint are focused and productive, a list of diseases and pathogens are…

• Evolution of Viral Networks

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Epidemic, Epidemiology, Medical Surveillance, Pandemic, Public Health, R-Gen, Respiratory Pathogen, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Virology
  Creator: NLM, NIH
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Video
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-29
  Description: This is a lecture that was the keynote of Viral Networks: An Advanced Workshop in Digital Humanities and Medical History. It focuses on H1N1, Ebola, and Zika.