Browse Items (364 total)

• Nebraska Biocontainment Unit patient discharge and environmental decontamination after Ebola care

  Tags Decontamination, Discharge, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Jelden, K. C., S. G. Gibbs, P. W. Smith, M. M. Schwedhelm, P. C. Iwen, E. L. Beam, A. K. Hayes, N. Marion, C. J. Kratochvil, K. C. Boulter, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-03-01
  Description: The Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBUacrnm1), which operates through collaboration of Nebraska Medicine, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, recently treated patients with Ebola viru...

• High-Consequence Infectious Disease Workshop

  Tags 2019-nCoV, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Ebola, Emergency Management, EMS, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, MERS-CoV, R-EMS, R-PreH, SARS, Webinar
  Creator: JEMS Webcast, Alexander Isakov, Michael J. Carr, Ben Tysor, and Wade Miles
  Subject: Pre-hospital
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2020-04-07
  Description: This webcast aims to increase awareness about standard and transmission-based infection-control practices and teaches learners how the “Identify, Isolates and Inform” strategy can improve their ability to recognize and manage an infectious disease…

• Enacting high reliability principles while caring for people with Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Fitness for Duty, Infection Prevention and Control, Nursing, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Personnel Management, R-PM, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Site Managers, Staff Retention, Staff Rotation Schedules, Staff Support, Staffing, Staffing Model, Trained Observer, Treatment and Care, Waste
  Creator: Jennings B. M., Yeager K. A., Feistritzer N. R., Gullatte M. M., Martyn K. K.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-18
  Description: Fear surrounds Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) because it is highly infectious. Yet members of the Serious Communicable Diseases Unit (SCDU) at Emory University Hospital (EUH) had to overcome that fear when caring for patients with EVD.
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  Validation of Autoclave Protocols for Successful Decontamination of Category A Medical Waste Generated from Care of Patients with Serious Communicable Diseases.

  Tags Autoclave, Category A, Decontamination, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, Waste
  Creator: Johns Hopkins
  Subject: Waste Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-02-01
  Description: General Resources | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Resources: In response to the Ebola outbreak in 2014, many hospitals designated specific areas to care for patients with Ebola and other highly infectious diseases. The safe handling of category A…

• Health Sector Resilience Checklist for High-Consequence Infectious Diseases

  Tags Communications, Decontamination, Ebola, Emergency Management, EMS, Epidemic, High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID), Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Lab, Laboratory, Medical Surveillance, Outbreaks, Patient Transport, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Public Health, Quarantine, R-EM, Special Pathogens, Temperature Monitoring
  Creator: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Checklist
  Date Last Updated: 2017-05-24
  Description: Using lessons learned from treating Ebola patients in the US during the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, this paper works to develop an evidence-informed checklist that outlines action steps.

• Lessons learned: critical care management of patients with Ebola in the United States

  Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Critical Care, Ebola, Example, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Phlebotomy, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Therapeutics
  Creator: Johnson, D. W., J. N. Sullivan, C. A. Piquette, A. L. Hewlett, K. L. Bailey, P. W. Smith, A. C. Kalil and S. J. Lisco
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-06-01
  Description: This report will describe the preparations for and the provision of care of two patients with Ebola virus disease in the biocontainment unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

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• Kansas Highly Infectious Disease and Pandemic Plan

  Tags Communications, CONOPS, Decontamination, Ebola, Emergency Management, EMS, Epidemic, Federal, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, Medical Surveillance, Outbreaks, Patient Transport, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Public Health, Quarantine, R-EM, Region 7, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling, Specimen Transport, Temperature Monitoring, Waste Management
  Creator: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2023-01
  Description: The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) developed a preparedness and response plan following the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa in response to the possibility of cases affecting Kansas. This "Kansas Ebola Virus Preparedness and…
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  Bio Isolation Transfer Card (BIT) - Kings County Hospital Example

  Tags Emergency Management, EMS, Ground Transport, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, Patient Transport, R-IIT
  Creator: Kings County Hospital
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Checklist
  Date Last Updated: 2019
  Description: FDNY Transport to Hospital, Receiving Hospital Transfer to Treatment Hospital
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  Editorial Commentary: Considerations of Favipiravir as a Medical Countermeasure in Future Randomized Controlled Trials Against Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Clinical Trial, Ebola, Experimental Drugs, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics
  Creator: Kraft, C. S.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-11-15
  Description: Since the discovery of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976, outbreaks of EVD had been mainly confined to rural areas (http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/history/chronology.html)...
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  The Use of TKM-100802 and Convalescent Plasma in 2 Patients With Ebola Virus Disease in the United States

  Tags Critical Care, Ebola, Experimental Drugs, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics
  Creator: Kraft, C. S., A. L. Hewlett, S. Koepsell, A. M. Winkler, C. J. Kratochvil, L. Larson, J. B. Varkey, A. K. Mehta, G. M. Lyon, 3rd, R. J. Friedman-Moraco, V. C. Marconi, C. E. Hill, J. N. Sullivan, D. W. Johnson, S. J. Lisco, M. J. Mulligan, T. M.…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-08-15
  Description: The current West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak has resulted in multiple individuals being medically evacuated to other countries for clinical management.