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Creator: Georgia Department of Public Health
Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023
Description: The Travel Clinical Assistant provides post-travel clinical information on travel-related diseases for 231 countries. Diseases with recent outbreaks occurring in the last 2 years are listed first. For recent outbreaks, information on clinical… -
Creator: CDC
Subject: General
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023-03-27
Description: Travel Health Notices inform travelers and clinicians about current health issues that impact travelers’ health, like disease outbreaks, special events or gatherings, and natural disasters, in destinations around the world. See types of travel… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023-08-03
Description: The dog days of summer are upon us, and many people are taking advantage of the final weeks before cooler temperatures arrive to embark on vacations. While travel offers exciting adventures, it also carries the potential for illness. From minor… -
Creator: Rojek, Amanda M., Shevin T. Jacob, and Jake Dunning.
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03
Description: Since the onset of the west Africa Ebola virus outbreak, there has been remarkable progress in efforts to provide patients with improved supportive care and access to experimental treatments. -
Creator: Mehta, A. K., G. M. Lyon and J. B. Varkey
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-04-23
Description: To the Editor: We were struck by the similarity of transient vascular leak in Ebola virus disease (EVD), as reported by Lyon et al. (Dec. 18 issue),1 with that which occurs in dengue.... -
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.Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
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Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. C. Iwen, K. C. Jelden, P. D. Biddinger, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-01-04
Description: In late 2014, 56 hospitals in the United States were designated by state and federal public health authorities as specially designed high-level isolation units (HLIUs) equipped with advanced infrastructure, laboratory capabilities, and trained staff… -
Creator: Le, Aurora B., Erin G. Brooks, Lily A. McNulty, James R. Gill, Jocelyn J. Herstein, Janelle Rios, Scott J. Patlovich, Katelyn C. Jelden, Kendra K. Schmid, John J. Lowe, and Shawn G. Gibbs.
Subject: Decedent Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-11-06
Description: In the United States of America, Medical Examiners and Coroners (ME/Cs) investigate approximately 20% of all deaths. Unexpected deaths, such as those occurring due to a deceased person under investigation for a highly infectious disease, are likely… -
Creator: Mills, Devin, Delbert A. Harnish, Caryn Lawrence, Megan Sandoval-Powers, and Brian K. Heimbuch.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-04-17
Description: Safe and effective decontamination and reuse of N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) has the potential to significantly extend FFR holdings, mitigating a potential shortage due to an influenza pandemic or other pandemic events. -
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.
