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Creator: Gibbs, Shawn G., John J. Lowe, Aurora B. Le, Jocelyn J. Herstein, and Paul D. Biddinger.
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-09-12
Description: The 2014–2016 West African Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic took the world by surprise. While 11 patients were treated in the United States, it challenged public health, health care, and emergency response infrastructures. -
Creator: Guest, T., G. Tantam, N. Donlin, K. Tantam, H. McMillan, and A. Tillyard.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2009-10-09
Description: We assessed the impact of a United Kingdom government‐recommended triage process, designed to guide the decision to admit patients to intensive care during an influenza pandemic, on patients in a teaching hospital intensive care unit. -
Creator: Haddad, L. B., J. Horton, B. S. Ribner and D. J. Jamieson
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-03-18
Description: The 2014 to 2016 Ebola outbreak, primarily based in 3 West African countries, had far-reaching global effects. -
Creator: Haddad, Lisa B., Denise J. Jamieson, and Sonja A. Rasmussen.
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-12-27
Description: On August 1, 2018, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported the emergence of another Ebola virus outbreak, the 10th in the DRC since the virus was discovered in 1976. As of November 13, 2018, there were 341 cases and… -
Creator: Haddad, Lisa B., John Horton, Bruce S. Ribner, and Denise J. Jamieson.
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-03
Description: The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak primarily based in 3 West African countries, had far-reaching global effects. -
Creator: Harber, Philip, Brenda Merz, and Karen Chi.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 1999-05
Description: Respirators are widely used for protection against inhaled toxins. The emphasis of research and implementation effort has evolved through several stages: the respirator device itself, use situation, respirator program factors under employer control,… -
Creator: Harrod, Molly, Laura Petersen, Lauren E. Weston, Lynn Gregory, Jeanmarie Mayer, Matthew H. Samore, Frank A. Drews, and Sarah L. Krein.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: Hospitals use standard and transmission-based precautions, including personal protective equipment (PPE), to prevent the spread of infectious organisms. -
Creator: Hegde, S. T., H. Salje, H. M. S. Sazzad, M. J. Hossain, M. Rahman, P. Daszak, J. D. Klena, S. T. Nichol, S. P. Luby, and E. S. Gurley.
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-08-01
Description: Understanding the true burden of emergent diseases is critical for assessing public-health impact. However, surveillance often relies on hospital systems that only capture a minority of cases. We use the example of Nipah-virus infection in… -
Creator: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Subject: General
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2018-05-14
Description: Questions about Ebola explained -
Creator: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Subject: General
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2018-05-14
Description: This table presents Ebola characteristics compared with other infectious diseases.
