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Creator: WHO
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Hyperlink
Description: A set of tools relating to MERS-CoV, including the WHO suggested outbreak case definition, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) information page (Geneva: World Health Organization), MERS fact sheet (Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022), Case… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Webinar
Description: Lab Samples and Suspect Cases: How to handle, package, and ship specimens from high-risk patientsThis NETEC webinar will discuss frontline facility considerations for the packaging and shipping of specimens from high-risk patients. Topics include… -
Creator: Minhas, Anum S., Paul Scheel, Brian Garibaldi, Gigi Liu, Maureen Horton, Mark Jennings, Steven R. Jones, Erin D. Michos, and Allison G. Hays.
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Description: A 58 year old woman was admitted with symptoms of COVID-19. She subsequently developed mixed shock and echocardiogram showed mid-distal left ventricular hypokinesis and apical ballooning, findings typical for stress, or Takotsubo, cardiomyopathy.Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
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Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2024-11-06
Description: This guidance document includes information on handling Marburg virus waste, and links to other relevant resources.Marburg virus is a Category A pathogen and Select Agent. Any waste potentially contaminated with Marburg virus, including laboratory… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2024-11-06
Description: This guide, printable flyer, provides laboratory resources related to Lassa Fever. This is a part of a series of one-page resource guides for laboratorians. -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2024-11-01
Description: The safest method of handling waste contaminated with a Category A infectious substance would be to render the agent no longer infectious through a process that inactivates the agent, typically by incineration or steam sterilization in an autoclave… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: In Person Course
Date Last Updated: 2024-11-01
Description: This is an in-person presentation discussing personal protective equipment (PPE) and the role of the trained observer. Presentation objectives include: Recognizing components that create and maintain a safer healthcare work environment Differentiate… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Exercise
Date Last Updated: 2024-11-01
Description: Leadership Toolbox, Response: Refresher Training example template. This is a template for organizations doing Just-In-Time training events. -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2024-10-30
Description: Because of the high degree of mortality associated with infection, patients infected with or suspected to be infected with Lassa virus should be cared for in a biocontainment unit and health care providers should follow personal protective equipment… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2024-10-30
Description: On October 28, 2024, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (IDHHS) reported a fatal case of Lassa fever in a patient who had recently returned from a trip to West Africa. There have been eight travel-related Lassa virus cases in the United…