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Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Webinar
Date Last Updated: 2024-03-15
Description: Beginning this summer, hospitals looking to maintain or apply for accreditation from The Joint Commission—the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care—will have to adopt a new set of standards for… -
Creator: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2024-04-18
Description: The materials on this page by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service are specific to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). You can use these tools and resources to prepare for and respond to an… -
Creator: State of the Clinical Science Working Group of the National Emerging Pathogens Training and Education Center’s (NETEC) Special Pathogens Research Network (SPRN)
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2024-05
Description: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), caused by CCHF virus, is a tickborne disease that can cause a range of illness outcomes, from asymptomatic infection to fatal viral hemorrhagic fever; the disease has been described in >30 countries. We… -
Creator: State of the Clinical Science Working Group of the National Emerging Pathogens Training and Education Center’s (NETEC) Special Pathogens Research Network (SPRN)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2024-05
Description: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tickborne infection that can range from asymptomatic to fatal and has been described in >30 countries. Early identification and isolation of patients with suspected or confirmed CCHF and the use of… -
Creator: Kumar, L. and A. P. Isakov
Subject: Emergency Medical Services
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-07
Description: Serious recurrent and emerging communicable diseases, such as novel influenza strains, highly pathogenic viral hemorrhagic fevers, and novel coronaviruses in an era of increased globalization and travel, necessitate heightened vigilance and… -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Emergency Medical Services
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2016-01-28
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 an air ambulance agency and a ground… -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Emergency Medical Services
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023
Description: Who this is for: EMS clinicians (including emergency medical responders (EMR), emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs (AEMTs), paramedics, and other medical first responders who could be providing patient care in the field, such as law… -
Creator: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Subject: Emergency Medical Services
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2014-11-24
Description: OSHA's PPE Selection Matrix for Occupational Exposure to Ebola Virus provides task-based guidance to help employers select appropriate PPE for workers who may be exposed to ebolavirus. The matrix covers examples of common exposures, ranging from… -
Creator: David S. Cates, Paula G. Gomes, and Arthur M. Krasilovsky
Subject: Personnel Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-07
Description: During the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, over 850 healthcare workers contracted Ebola, and over 500 died. These tragic numbers underscore the need for strict adherence to infection control precautions when caring for patients with Ebola…