Browse Items (419 total)

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  Example: Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Decontamination of an Ambulance that has Transported a Person under Investigation or Patient with Confirmed Ebola

  Tags Decontamination, Ebola, Ebola Decontamination, Infection Prevention and Control, Pre-Hospital, R-EMS, R-PreH, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: Pre-hospital
  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 SOP can serve as a model for emergency medical services (EMS) transport agencies to standardize the procedures and responsibilities for…
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  Example: Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Air-to-Ground (Air-Ground) Patient Handoff

  Tags EMS, Patient Transport, R-EMS
  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…
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  Initial Costs of Ebola Treatment Centers in the United States

  Tags Ebola, Example, Isolation/Biocontainment, Physical Infrastructure, Public Health, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, State Treatment Center
  Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, S. G. Gibbs, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: Physical Infrastructure
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-02-01
  Description: To the Editor: The 2014–2015 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was unprecedented in scale and scope. During the outbreak, 11 patients with EVD were cared for in the United States...

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  Quantification of Influenza Virus RNA in Aerosols in Patient Rooms

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Flu, Infection Prevention and Control, Influenza, Occupational Exposure, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Leung, Nancy H. L., Jie Zhou, Daniel K. W. Chu, Han Yu, William G. Lindsley, Donald H. Beezhold, Hui-Ling Yen, Yuguo Li, Wing-Hong Seto, Joseph S. M. Peiris, and Benjamin J. Cowling.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-02-05
  Description: The potential for human influenza viruses to spread through fine particle aerosols remains controversial.

• Clinical management of Ebola virus disease in the United States and Europe

  Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Critical Care, Ebola, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Therapeutics
  Creator: Uyeki, T. M., A. K. Mehta, R. T. Davey Jr, A. M. Liddell, T. Wolf, P. Vetter, S. Schmiedel, T. Grünewald, M. Jacobs and J. R. Arribas
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-02-18
  Description: Available data on the characteristics of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) and clini- cal management of EVD in settings outside West Africa, as well as the complications observed in those patients, are limited.
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  Upholding Family-Centered Care in the Face of High-Consequence Pathogens--Thinking Inside the Room--Reply

  Tags Contact Transmission, Droplet Transmission, Infection Prevention and Control, Pediatrics, R-Res&Pub, R-SP, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Mehrotra, Preeti, Andi L. Shane, and Aaron M. Milstone.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-03
  Description: In Reply We appreciate the response by Curley and Meyer to our Viewpoint titled “Family-Centered Care and High-Consequence Pathogens: Thinking Outside the Room”1 and the continued dialogue regarding family-centered care and high-consequence…

• Current Capabilities and Capacity of Ebola Treatment Centers in the United States

  Tags Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Public Health, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, State Treatment Center
  Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-03-01
  Description: To describe current Ebola treatment center (ETC) locations, their capacity to care for Ebola virus disease patients, and infection control infrastructure features. 
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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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• Transport of Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the Prone Position

  Tags Proning, R-T&C, Treatment and Care
  Creator: DellaVolpe, J. D., J. Lovett, C. Martin-Gill and F. X. Guyette
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-04-16
  Description: Objective: We present seven cases of patients with severe respiratory failure refractory to conventional ventilation who were safely transported in the prone position.
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  Pathogen-reduced Ebola virus convalescent plasma: first steps towards standardization of manufacturing and quality control including assessment of Ebola-specific neutralizing antibodies.

  Tags Antibodies, Ebola, Immunology, Laboratory Testing, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Geisen, C., G. Kann, T. Strecker, T. Wolf, G. Schüttfort, M. van Kraaij, S. MacLennan, S. Rummler, C. Weinigel, M. Eickmann, S. K. Fehling, V. Krähling, C. Seidl, E. Seifried, M. Schmidt, and R. Schäfer.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-05
  Description: Ebola virus disease is a public health emergency of international concern, and enormous efforts are being made in the development of vaccines and therapies.