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Creator: New York Times
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2017-10-19
Description: Grady, Denise. 2017. "Ebola's Legacy: Children with Cataracts." New York Times [October 19, 2017]. -
Creator: CDC, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (CDC OPHPR)
Subject: General
Item Type: Webinar
Date Last Updated: 2017-11-02
Description: This webinar discusses Nipah virus and Ebola in terms of how human activity increases contact with wildlife and thus zoonotic disease emergence, and discusses interventions that reduce such risk. -
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: Roberge, Raymond J., Emily Bayer, Jeffrey B. Powell, Aitor Coca, Marc R. Roberge, and Stacey M. Benson.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2010-08
Description: This study evaluated the effect of exhaled moisture on the breathing resistance of three classes of filtering facepiece respirators (FFR) following 4 h of continuous wear at a breathing volume of 40 l min(-1), utilizing an automated breathing and… -
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: Gao, Pengfei, Matthew Horvatin, George Niezgoda, Robyn Weible, and Ronald Shaffer.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-12
Description: Current CDC guidance for the disinfection of gloved hands during the doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE) following the care of a patient with Ebola recommends for multiple applications of alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) on medical exam… -
Creator: Zayas, Gustavo, Ming C. Chiang, Eric Wong, Fred MacDonald, Carlos F. Lange, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan, and Malcolm King.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2013-09-08
Description: The effectiveness of recommended measures, such as "cover your mouth when coughing", in disrupting the chain of transmission of infectious respiratory diseases (IRD) has been questioned. -
Creator: Lore, Michael B., Brian K. Heimbuch, Teanne L. Brown, Joseph D. Wander, and Steven H. Hinrichs.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2011-08-22
Description: Filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) are recommended for use as precautions against airborne pathogenic microorganisms; however, during pandemics demand for FFRs may far exceed availability. -
Creator: Ya Gao, Yunli Zhao, Gordon Guyatt, Robert Fowler, Richard Kojan, Long Ge, Jinhui Tian, Collaborators; Qiukui Hao
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2022-07-05
Description: Specific treatments targeting Ebola virus are crucial in managing Ebola virus disease. To support the development of clinical practice guidelines on medications for Ebola virus disease, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of therapies for… -
Creator: Lindsley, William G., John D. Noti, Francoise M. Blachere, Jonathan V. Szalajda, and Donald H. Beezhold.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2014
Description: Health care workers are exposed to potentially infectious airborne particles while providing routine care to coughing patients.
