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• 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…

• High-Level Isolation Unit Infection Control Procedures

  Tags Decontamination, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Physical Infrastructure, R-PhIn, 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: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-10-01
  Description: The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa prompted a select group of US hospitals to establish high-level isolation units equipped with advanced engineering controls, trained staff, and stringent protocols to safely treat highly infectious disease…
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  Sustainability of High-Level Isolation Capabilities among US Ebola Treatment Centers

  Tags Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Public Health, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, State Treatment Center
  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: 2017-06-01
  Description: To identify barriers to maintaining and applying capabilities of US high-level isolation units (HLIUs) used during the Ebola virus disease outbreak, during 2016 we surveyed HLIUs.