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Creator: Johns Hopkins
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2017-02-01
Description: General Resources | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Resources: In response to the Ebola outbreak in 2014, many hospitals designated specific areas to care for patients with Ebola and other highly infectious diseases. The safe handling of category A… -
Creator: Le, A. B., S. Hoboy, A. Germain, H. Miller, R. Thompson, J. J. Herstein, K. C. Jelden, E. L. Beam, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-01-17
Description: The recent Ebola outbreak led to the development of Ebola virus disease (EVD) best practices in clinical settings. However, after the care of EVD patients, proper medical waste management and disposal was identified as a crucial component to… -
Creator: Lowe, J. J., S. G. Gibbs, S. S. Schwedhelm, J. Nguyen and P. W. Smith
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2014-12-01
Description: Clinical practices surrounding the current Ebola epidemic have been center stage in discourse concerning research and practice of care. -
Creator: U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (PHMSA)
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2018-08-08
Description: Poster with guidance for suspected Ebola-contaminated waste -
Creator: U.S. Department of Transportation
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2022-06-10
Description: What this is for: This Guidance is for safe handling of solid waste contaminated with a Category A infectious substance (henceforth, “contaminated waste”) and the proper management of inactivated Category A waste materials in the United States.* An… -
Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Protocol
Date Last Updated: 2021-12
Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To prevent patients and healthcare workers from becoming contaminated by any materials used in the NBU. -
Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Protocol
Date Last Updated: 2017-12-01
Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To provide guidance for removing waste items from the NBU. -
Creator: ASPR TRACIE
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2019-01-31
Description: This ASPR TRACIE TA response includes links to best practices related to the Ebola and other Category A agent medical waste management. The information can also be used by facilities without autoclaves or incinerators. Related resources: ASPR TRACIE… -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2019-04-03
Description: Who this is for: Hospitals and healthcare providers that care for patients under investigation (PUIs) for Ebola virus disease (EVD) or with confirmed cases of EVD. What this is for: To help hospitals and healthcare providers safely handle,… -
Creator: U.S. Department of TransportationU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyU.S. Department of LaborCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2022-06
Description: This replaces: Domestic Resilience Group. (2017). Interim – Planning Guidance for the Handling of Solid Waste Contaminated with a Category A Infectious Substance. from 2017-01-19.And a previous version from 2019-08.What this is for: This Guidance is…