Browse Items (1475 total)

• Ebola Virus Disease Preparations Do Not Protect the United States Against Other Infectious Outbreaks.

  Tags Ebola, Emergency Management, Federal, R-EM, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Gibbs, Shawn G., John J. Lowe, Aurora B. Le, Jocelyn J. Herstein, and Paul D. Biddinger.
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-09-12
  Description: The 2014–2016 West African Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic took the world by surprise. While 11 patients were treated in the United States, it challenged public health, health care, and emergency response infrastructures.
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  NETEC - Online Course - Internal Communication

  Tags Biosafety, Communications, CONOPS, R-Lead, R-PM, Special Pathogens, Staff Support, Staffing, Staffing Model
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Personnel Management
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2018-09-18
  Description: This course will provide information on communication considerations when a facility is notified they will be receiving a patient with Ebola or other special pathogen. This will include information on communicating with staff, patients already in…
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  MERS-CoV: Clinical Management and Guidance

  Tags Coronavirus, Diagnosis, MERS-CoV, Public Health, R-T&C, Respiratory Pathogen, Zoonotic
  Creator: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2018-09-20
  Description: Guidance on investigating Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), public health management of suspected UK cases and advice to travellers.
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  Preferred Product Characteristics for Personal Protective Equipment for the Health Worker on the Frontline Responding to Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers*in Tropical Climates

  Tags Donning and Doffing, Ebola, Healthcare Worker Safety, Marburg, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: WHO
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2018-09-26
  Description: *Ebola, Marburg and other hemorrhagic fevers that share similar human-to-human transmission characteristicsGuidance document. WHO Team Access to Assistive Technology and Medical Devices, Access to Medicines and Health Products, Health Product…
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  Assessment of influenza virus exposure and recovery from contaminated surgical masks and N95 respirators

  Tags Flu, Infection Prevention and Control, Influenza, Mask, Masks, N95, Occupational Exposure, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Blachere, Francoise M., William G. Lindsley, Cynthia M. McMillen, Donald H. Beezhold, Edward M. Fisher, Ronald E. Shaffer, and John D. Noti.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-10
  Description: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at significantly higher risk of exposure to influenza virus during seasonal epidemics and global pandemics.

• Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare providers on suspected Ebola cases in Guinea/Connaissances, attitudes et pratiques des prestataires de soins de santé de face aux cas suspects d’Ebola en Guinée

  Tags Ebola, Français, French, Public Health, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Sidibé S, Camara BS, Delamou A, Touré A, Bouedouno P, Samake AT, Beavogui AH.
  Subject: Contenu Français
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-10-11
  Description: Developing a more resilient health system to Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a necessity in Guinea. This implies having information on the knowledge and practices that health staffs had during the preceding the EVD outbreak.
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  Genomic Analysis of Lassa Virus during an Increase in Cases in Nigeria in 2018

  Tags Epidemiology, Lassa, Outbreaks, R-Res&Pub, Virology
  Creator: Katherine J. Siddle, Ph.D., Philomena Eromon, B.Sc., Kayla G. Barnes, Ph.D., Judith U. Oguzie, D.V.M., Samar Mehta, M.D., Ph.D., Ikponmwonsa Odia, M.Sc., Rickey Shah, A.L.M., Patrick Brehio, B.S., Sarah M. Winnicki, M.S., Christopher Iruolagbe,…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-11-01
  Description: In early 2018 Nigeria experienced an unprecedented increase in Lassa fever cases with widespread geographic distribution.

• Lightning Chess: How Host Immunity Gains a Winning Position Against Ebolavirus Infection

  Tags Ebola, Immunology, R-Res&Pub, Research, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Virology
  Creator: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2018-11-02
  Description: 13th annual Philip S. Chen, Jr., Ph.D. Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer. Dr. Nancy Sullivan will present “Lightning Chess: How Host Immunity Gains a Winning Position Against Ebolavirus Infection.” Dr. Sullivan is Senior…
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  NETEC - Online Course - Overview of Clinical Research

  Tags R-Lead, Research Design
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2018-11-06
  Description: This course will provide information on many aspects of clinical research. This includes scientific process, research protocol, documentation, regulatory documents, adverse event classification, and reporting events to regulatory bodies. Record…

• U.S. Medical Examiner/Coroner capability to handle highly infectious decedents.

  Tags Decedent Management, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-DM, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Le, Aurora B., Erin G. Brooks, Lily A. McNulty, James R. Gill, Jocelyn J. Herstein, Janelle Rios, Scott J. Patlovich, Katelyn C. Jelden, Kendra K. Schmid, John J. Lowe, and Shawn G. Gibbs.
  Subject: Decedent Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-11-06
  Description: In the United States of America, Medical Examiners and Coroners (ME/Cs) investigate approximately 20% of all deaths. Unexpected deaths, such as those occurring due to a deceased person under investigation for a highly infectious disease, are likely…