Browse Items (419 total)

• Respiratory consequences of N95-type Mask usage in pregnant healthcare workers—a controlled clinical study

  Tags Flu, Healthcare Worker Safety, Infection Prevention and Control, Influenza, Mask, Masks, N95, Not updated, Occupational Health, Pregnancy, R-Res&Pub, R-SP, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: Tong, P. S., A. S. Kale, K. Ng, A. P. Loke, M. A. Choolani, C. L. Lim, Y. H. Chan, Y. S. Chong, P. A. Tambyah, and E. L. Yong.
  Subject: Personnel Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-11-16
  Description: Outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases have led to guidelines recommending the routine use of N95 respirators for healthcare workers, many of whom are women of childbearing age. The respiratory effects of prolonged respirator use on pregnant women…
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  Critical Care for the Patient with Ebola Virus Disease (EBV): The Nebraska Perspective

  Tags Critical Care, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Therapeutics
  Creator: Vasa, A., M. Schwedhelm and D. Johnson
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-11-26
  Description: Care for patients with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and other highly infectious diseases is demanding and requires an unwavering commitment to teamwork and stringent infection control measures.
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  Live neonates born to mothers with Ebola virus disease: a review of the literature.

  Tags Neonates, R-Res&Pub, R-SP
  Creator: CDC 2014 Ebola Response Children’s Health Team
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-12-10
  Description: Ebola virus disease (EVD) is associated with a high mortality, especially among neonates.
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  Unique Considerations in the Management of Children with Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Children, Ebola, Pediatrics, R-T&C, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: In Person Course
  Date Last Updated: 2016
  Description: NETEC past class slides 2015-2016
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  Labor and Delivery Ebola Readiness and Protocols

  Tags Ebola, Example, Labor and Delivery, R-T&C
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: In Person Course
  Date Last Updated: 2016
  Description: NETEC past class slides 2015-2016

  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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  Being a Pediatrician in an Ebola Epidemic

  Tags Ebola, Epidemic, Epidemiology, Pediatrics, R-Res&Pub, R-SP, R-T&C, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Vijay Aswani
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-01
  Description: Narrative of his work in Sierra Leone in January and February 2015.
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  Example: Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Patient Handoff between a Healthcare Facility and a Transporting Ambulance

  Tags Intake, Pre-Hospital, Pre-hospital Transport, R-EMS, R-PreH, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: Pre-hospital
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2016-01-08
  Description: This resource was originally commissioned and published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.This document provides guidance to facilitate planning for and execution of patient handoff between personnel at a fixed facility (hospital…

• Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Diagnostics

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Identify, Marburg, NSPS 1, NSPS 2, NSPS 3, R-IIT, R-Lead, R-Res&Pub, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Racsa, L. D., C. S. Kraft, G. G. Olinger, and L. E. Hensley
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-01-15
  Description: There are 4 families of viruses that cause viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF), including Filoviridae. Ebola virus is one virus within the family Filoviridae and the cause of the current outbreak of VHF in West Africa.
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  Ebola or Not? Evaluating the Ill Traveler From Ebola-Affected Countries in West Africa.

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Person Under Investigation (PUI), R-IIT, R-Lead, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Fairley, J. K., P. E. Kozarsky, C. S. Kraft, J. Guarner, J. P. Steinberg, E. Anderson, J. T. Jacob, P. Meloy, D. Gillespie, T. R. Espinoza, A. Isakov, S. Vanairsdale, E. Baker and H. M. Wu
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-01-18
  Description: The 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa had global impact beyond the primarily affected countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. 
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  Guidance for Developing a Plan for Interfacility Transport of Persons Under Investigation or Confirmed Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in the United States

  Tags EMS, Pre-Hospital, Pre-hospital Transport, R-EMS, R-PreH, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: CDC, Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Transportation
  Subject: Pre-hospital
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2016-01-26
  Description: Guidance that includes Patient Handoff SOP, Air-to-Ground Patient Handoff SOP, and Ambulance Decontamination