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Creator: EPA
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023-05-03
Description: Medical waste is a subset of wastes generated at health care facilities, such as hospitals, physicians' offices, dental practices, blood banks, and veterinary hospitals/clinics, as well as medical research facilities and laboratories. Generally,… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2021-07-21
Description: The United States recently had a case of Mpox virus diagnosed in a patient in Dallas County, Texas. Organizations in the U.S. now preparing for the potential need to handle patients under investigation or patients with the Mpox virus must also… -
Creator: the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2005-05-19
Description: The requirements adopted for the UN Recommendations establish a two-tiered classification system for Division 6.2 materials—Category A and Category B. A Category A infectious substance poses a higher degree of risk than a Category B infectious… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2019-08-29
Description: When treating a patient with Ebola virus disease, hospitals and health care providers must safely handle, transport, and dispose of waste. Dr. Shawn Gibbs, PhD, MBA, CIH executive associate dean and professor with Indiana University School of Public… -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023-04-20
Description: FAQs on Interim Guidance for Managers and Workers Handling Untreated Sewage from Suspected or Confirmed Individuals with Ebola in the U.S. | Cleaning and Decontamination | Public Health Planners | Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease) | CDC -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023-04-20
Description: Who this is for: Workers who handle untreated sewage that comes from hospitals, medical facilities, and other facilities with confirmed individuals with Ebola. What this is for: To provide recommendations for workers on the types of personal… -
Creator: Lowe, J. J., S. G. Gibbs, S. S. Schwedhelm, J. Nguyen and P. W. Smith
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2014-12-01
Description: Clinical practices surrounding the current Ebola epidemic have been center stage in discourse concerning research and practice of care. -
Creator: Basic and Translational State of the Science Working Group of the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center Special Pathogens Research Network
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2023-12-06
Description: The Federal Select Agent Program ensures the safe and secure possession, use, and transfer of biological select agents and toxins through the select agent regulations (42 CFR §73, 7 CFR §331, and 9 CFR §121). These regulations are primarily written… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Webinar
Date Last Updated: 2023-06-30
Description: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A (H5N1) virus is widespread among wild birds, and the current outbreak has led to outbreaks in commercial poultry and backyard flocks. The virus has also been detected in several mammal species, although… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023-02-06
Description: This NETEC blog post discusses Poliovirus transmission and pathogenesis, Paralytic Polio, Polio survivors and Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS), Polio vaccines and recommendations, and Polio testing in the laboratory.