Browse Items (419 total)

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  Laboratory test support for Ebola patients within a high-containment facility

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, Malaria, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-Lab, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Hill, C. E., E. M. Burd, C. S. Kraft, E. L. Ryan, A. Duncan, A. M. Winkler, J. C. Cardella, J. C. Ritchie and T. G. Parslow
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2014-08-01
  Description: Two adult United States (US) nationals contracted the Ebola virus while on a humanitarian mission in Africa amidst a large Ebola outbreak there.

• National Guideline for Management, Prevention and control of Nipah Virus infection Including Encephalitis

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Nipah (NiV), R-IPC
  Creator: Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2011-12
  Description: National Guideline for Management, Prevention and control of Nipah Virus infection Including Encephalitis

• Psychosocial Support During an Outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Behavioral Health, Emergency Management, International Response, Public Health, R-EM
  Creator: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2018-07-12
  Description: This briefing is based on the briefing note developed by the PS Centre in 2014 in connection with the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. It is also available in French. - Posted 12 July, 2018 by Louise Juul Hansen
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  Safe management of patients with serious communicable diseases: recent experience with Ebola virus

  Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Ebola, EMS, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, Patient Transport, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Pre-hospital Transport, R-EMS, R-PreH, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics
  Creator: Isakov, A., A. Jamison, W. Miles and B. Ribner
  Subject: Pre-Hospital
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2014-12-02
  Description: Health care workers (HCWs) in the emergency medical services (EMS) and hospital settings often encounter patients infected with dangerous communicable diseases.
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  Transport and Management of Patients With Confirmed or Suspected Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Decontamination, Ebola, Emergency Department, EMS, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolate, Patient Transport, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Pre-hospital Transport, R-EMS, R-PreH, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Isakov, A., W. Miles, S. Gibbs, J. Lowe, A. Jamison and R. Swansiger
  Subject: Pre-Hospital
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-09-01
  Description: The foundation of safe care for patients with confirmed or suspected Ebola virus disease is effective infection control practice, which requires implementation of appropriate administrative policies, work practices, and environmental controls,…

• Recent successes in therapeutics for Ebola virus disease: no time for complacency

  Tags Ebola, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Iversen, Patrick L., Christopher D. Kane, Xiankun Zeng, Rekha G. Panchal, Travis K. Warren, Sheli R. Radoshitzky, Jens H. Kuhn, Rajini R. Mudhasani, Christopher L. Cooper, Amy C. Shurtleff, Farooq Nasar, Melek M. E. Sunay, Allen J. Duplantier, Brett…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-06-18
  Description: The PALM trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo identified a statistically significant survival benefit for two monoclonal antibody-based therapeutics in the treatment of acute Ebola virus disease; however, substantial gaps remain in improving…
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  An integrated approach to laboratory testing for patients with Ebola virus disease

  Tags Biosafety, Ebola, Lab, Laboratorian, Laboratory, Occupational Health, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Handling
  Creator: Iwen, P. C., J. L. Garrett, S. G. Gibbs, J. J. Lowe, V. L. Herrera, A. R. Sambol, K. Stiles, J. L. Wisecarver, K. J. Salerno, S. J. Pirruccello and S. H. Hinrichs
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2014-11-01
  Description: Beginning in 2003, the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha developed a laboratory capability plan in conjunction with the creation of a biocontainment unit (BCU) for treatment of patients harboring emerging infectious organisms.

• Ebola virus disease

  Tags Ebola, R-Gen, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Jacob, Shevin T., Ian Crozier, William A. Fischer, Angela Hewlett, Colleen S. Kraft, Marc-Antoine de La Vega, Moses J. Soka, Victoria Wahl, Anthony Griffiths, Laura Bollinger, and Jens H. Kuhn.
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-02-20
  Description: Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe and frequently lethal disease caused by Ebola virus (EBOV).
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  U.S. Ebola Treatment Center Clinical Laboratory Support

  Tags Biosafety, Diagnosis, Ebola, Example, Isolation/Biocontainment, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling
  Creator: Jelden, K. C., P. C. Iwen, J. J. Herstein, P. D. Biddinger, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-04-01
  Description: Fifty-five hospitals in the United States have been designated Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) by their state and local health authorities.

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• The Impact of High-Level Isolation Units Beyond High-Consequence Pathogen Preparedness

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Preparedness, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, Research, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Jennifer Andonian, Kelsie E. Galusha, Lisa L. Maragakis, and Brian T. Garibaldi.
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-02-19
  Description: In response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) funded the creation of 10 Regional Ebola and Other Special Pathogen Treatment Centers (RESPTCs) across the United States.