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  Viable influenza A virus in airborne particles from human coughs

  Etiquetas Airborne Transmission, Flu, Infection Prevention and Control, Influenza, R-Res&Pub
  Autor: Lindsley, William G., John D. Noti, Francoise M. Blachere, Robert E. Thewlis, Stephen B. Martin, Sreekumar Othumpangat, Bahar Noorbakhsh, William T. Goldsmith, Abhishek Vishnu, Jan E. Palmer, Karen E. Clark, and Donald H. Beezhold.
  Tema: Research
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2015
  Descripción: Patients with influenza release aerosol particles containing the virus into their environment.
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  Quantity and size distribution of cough-generated aerosol particles produced by influenza patients during and after illness

  Etiquetas Airborne Transmission, Flu, Infection Prevention and Control, Influenza, Occupational Exposure, R-Res&Pub
  Autor: Lindsley, William G., Terri A. Pearce, Judith B. Hudnall, Kristina A. Davis, Stephen M. Davis, Melanie A. Fisher, Rashida Khakoo, Jan E. Palmer, Karen E. Clark, Ismail Celik, Christopher C. Coffey, Francoise M. Blachere, and Donald H. Beezhold.
  Tema: Research
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2012
  Descripción: The question of whether influenza is transmitted to a significant degree by aerosols remains controversial, in part, because little is known about the quantity and size of potentially infectious airborne particles produced by people with influenza.
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  Dispersion and exposure to a cough-generated aerosol in a simulated medical examination room

  Etiquetas Airborne Transmission, Flu, Influenza, Occupational Exposure, R-Res&Pub
  Autor: Lindsley, William G., William P. King, Robert E. Thewlis, Jeffrey S. Reynolds, Kedar Panday, Gang Cao, and Jonathan V. Szalajda.
  Tema: Research
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2012
  Descripción: Few studies have quantified the dispersion of potentially infectious bioaerosols produced by patients in the health care environment and the exposure of health care workers to these particles.
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  Virus Transfer from Personal Protective Equipment to Healthcare Employees’ Skin and Clothing

  Etiquetas Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PM, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub
  Autor: Lisa Casanova, Edie Alfano-Sobsey, William A. Rutala, David J. Weber, and Mark Sobsey.
  Tema: Infection Control
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2008-08
  Descripción: We evaluated a personal protective equipment removal protocol designed to minimize wearer contamination with pathogens.

• Telemedicine Use in Disasters: A Scoping Review

  Etiquetas Emergency Management, R-EM, R-Res&Pub, Telemedicine, Treatment and Care
  Autor: Litvak, Mark, Katherine Miller, Tehnaz Boyle, Rachel Bedenbaugh, Christina Smith, David Meguerdichian, David Reisman, Paul Biddinger, Adam Licurse, and Eric Goralnick.
  Tema: Emergency Management
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2021-03-10
  Descripción: Disasters have many deleterious effects and are becoming more frequent. From a health-care perspective, disasters may cause periods of stress for hospitals and health-care systems. Telemedicine is a rapidly growing technology that has been used to…
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  After the Ebola Outbreak: Lessons Learned

  Etiquetas Critical Care, Ebola, Experimental Drugs, Follow up, Infection Prevention and Control, Nursing, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Prophylaxis, R-PPE, Survivors, Therapeutics, Training, Translational Research
  Autor: Loftus, Mary (editor), Emory Medicine
  Tema: General
  Tipo de elemento: Hipervínculo
  Fecha de actualización: 2018-02-20
  Descripción: In the wake of caring for four patients with active Ebola virus in 2014, Emory clinicians have taken stock of lessons learned in infectious disease prevention, therapeutic care, and health aftereffects and are sharing that information broadly with…

• Effectiveness of three decontamination treatments against influenza virus applied to filtering facepiece respirators.

  Etiquetas Decontamination, Flu, Influenza, Mask, Masks, N95, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub
  Autor: Lore, Michael B., Brian K. Heimbuch, Teanne L. Brown, Joseph D. Wander, and Steven H. Hinrichs.
  Tema: Infection Control
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2011-08-22
  Descripción: Filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) are recommended for use as precautions against airborne pathogenic microorganisms; however, during pandemics demand for FFRs may far exceed availability.

• Surrogate Testing Suggests That Chlorine Dioxide Gas Exposure Would Not Inactivate Ebola Virus Contained in Environmental Blood Contamination

  Etiquetas Biosafety, Ebola, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Handling
  Autor: Lowe, J. J., A. L. Hewlett, P. C. Iwen, P. W. Smith and S. G. Gibbs
  Tema: Infection Control
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2015-05-08
  Descripción: The ability to decontaminate a room potentially containing the Ebola virus is important to healthcare facilities in the United States.
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  Considerations for safe EMS transport of patients infected with Ebola virus

  Etiquetas Ebola, EMS, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Transport, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Pre-hospital Transport, R-EMS, R-PreH, R-Res&Pub
  Autor: Lowe, J. J., K. C. Jelden, P. J. Schenarts, L. E. Rupp, K. J. Hawes, B. M. Tysor, R. G. Swansiger, S. S. Schwedhelm, P. W. Smith and S. G. Gibbs
  Tema: Pre-Hospital
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2015-06-01
  Descripción: The Nebraska Biocontainment Unit through the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, recently received patients with confirmed Ebola virus from West Africa.

• Environmental infection control considerations for Ebola

  Etiquetas Contact Transmission, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Physical Infrastructure, R-IPC
  Autor: Lowe, J. J., P. L. Olinger, S. G. Gibbs, K. Rengarajan, E. L. Beam, K. C. Boulter, M. M. Schwedhelm, A. K. Hayes, C. J. Kratochvil, S. Vanairsdale, B. Frislie, J. Lewis, A. L. Hewlett, P. W. Smith, B. Gartland and B. S. Ribner
  Tema: Infection Control
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2015-07-01
  Descripción: The growing Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, coupled with the transport of patients to the United States for treatment and the first US Ebola case identified September 30, 2014, in Texas, have driven hospitals throughout the United States to be…