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Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: The safe removal of personal protective equipment (PPE) can limit transmission of serious communicable diseases, but this process poses challenges to healthcare workers (HCWs). -
Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: We observed 354 hand hygiene instances across 41 healthcare workers doffing personal protective equipment at 4 hospital-based biocontainment units. -
Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: We examined the effect of glove decontamination prior to removal on bacterial contamination of healthcare personnel hands in a laboratory simulation study. -
Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: We conducted a laboratory simulation to evaluate the contamination of environmental surfaces when using wipe vs spray methods of personal protective equipment (PPE) decontamination. -
Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: Fluorescent tracers are often used with ultraviolet lights to visibly identify healthcare worker self-contamination after doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE). -
Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: More than 28 000 people were infected with Ebola virus during the 2014–2015 West African outbreak, resulting in more than 11 000 deaths. Better methods are needed to reduce the risk of self-contamination while doffing personal protective equipment… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Video
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-11
Description: In this video, we will identify the special considerations needed for inserting and removing a peripheral IV (PIV) from a patient confirmed or suspected to have Ebola or other special pathogen. PIV catheter insertion. -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Elementos en Español
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2015-06
Description: Presentación La finalidad del presente documento consiste en proporcionar orientaciones provisionales a los laboratorios y a las partes interesadas en las pruebas de laboratorio para el MERS-CoV. Estas recomendaciones abarcan las pruebas de… -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Contenu Français
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2015-06
Description: Présentation L’objet de ce document est de fournir des lignes directrices provisoires aux parties prenantes et aux laboratoires impliqués dans le dépistage du coronavirus du syndrome respiratoire du Moyen-Orient (MERS-CoV). Ces recommandations… -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2019-08-02
Description: CDC works closely with state and local public health departments, travel industry partners, and others to identify and test people who may be infected with MERS-CoV. CDC conducts several different laboratory tests to detect MERS-CoV infection. In…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.
