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Guidance for Anteroom or Designated Anteareas Within the Facility - Managing the Special Pathogen Patient Care Area

Tags Guidance Document, High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID), Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, NSPS 3, NSPS 4, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Physical Infrastructure, Preparedness, Special Pathogen, Special Pathogens, Waste Management

Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2025-12-03
Description: This guidance document provides Level 3 and Level 4 facilities with practical recommendations for establishing and managing anterooms or designated anteareas when caring for patients with special pathogens. It clarifies key terminology, outlines…
HCID Airborne Infection Isolation Room Downtime Checklist - Managing HVAC-related AIIR Malfunctions During Special Pathogen Activation

Tags Checklist, Emergency Management, Engineering Controls, High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID), Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, NSPS 2, NSPS 3, NSPS 4, Physical Infrastructure, Preparedness

Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Prevention
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2025-08-28
Description: The HCID Airborne Infection Isolation Room Downtime Checklist is designed to help healthcare facilities prepare for and respond to Airborne Infection Isolation Room (AIIR) disruptions during the care of patients with suspected or confirmed special…
MERS-CoV ED Screening Protocol

Tags Emergency Department, Identify, Inform, Isolate, MERS-CoV, R-IIT, R-Lead, Respiratory Pathogen

Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
Item Type: Protocol
Date Last Updated: 2017-03-01
Description: Nebraska - MERS CoV Resources
Emergency Department Processes for the Evaluation and Management of Persons Under Investigation for Ebola Virus Disease

Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Diagnosis, Ebola, Emergency Department, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-IIT, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Travel Screening, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Creator: Wadman, M. C., S. S. Schwedhelm, S. Watson, J. Swanhorst, S. G. Gibbs, J. J. Lowe, P. C. Iwen, A. K. Hayes, S. Needham, D. W. Johnson, D. J. Kalin, W. G. Zeger and R. L. Muelleman
Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-09-01
Description: Due to the recent Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, patients with epidemiologic risk for Ebola virus disease and symptoms consistent with Ebola virus disease are presenting to emergency departments (EDs) and clinics in the United States.
Containment Wrap Guidelines

Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Internal Transport, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), Patient Transport, Pre-Hospital, Protocol, R-IPC, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
Item Type: Protocol
Date Last Updated: 2018-08-01
Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To provide guidelines for the use of a containment wrap during intra-facility transport; or direct admission from the emergency department to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU).

Policy number 1051
MERS-CoV ED Screening Algorithm

Tags Emergency Department, Identify, Inform, Isolate, Leadership Toolbox, MERS-CoV, Mitigation Tools, Procedure, Process, Protocol, R-IIT, R-Lead

Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
Item Type: Protocol
Date Last Updated: 2019-05-08
Description: Leadership Toolbox, Mitigation: MERS Co-V ED Screening Protocol, Nebraska Medical Center
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) or Orthopox Virus ~ ED Screening Protocol

Tags Ebola, Emergency Department, Identify, Inform, Isolate, Orthopox Virus, Procedure, Process, Protocol, R-IIT, R-Lead, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
Item Type: Protocol
Date Last Updated: 2021-09
Description: This Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) or Orthopox Virus ~ ED Screening Protocol is the updated version of the Nebraska - Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Resources - Ebola Viral Disease ED Screening Protocol-Main Campus
Sample Daily Screening and Triage Process - No Significant Risk of a Special Pathogens Patient Presenting.

Tags Frontline Facilities Tools, Identify, Intake, R-IIT, R-Lead

Creator: NYC Health + Hospitals
Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2019
Description: This is a general screening algorithm and should be modified during an epidemic and/or with current community cases. Algorithms are helpful, but do not replace good clinical judgment.
Initial Patient Screening Algorithm for Infectious Diseases for EDs

Tags Frontline Facilities Tools, Identify, Intake, R-IIT, R-Lead

Creator: NYC Health + Hospitals
Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2019
Description: Screening Algorithm, example from NYC Health + Hospitals
Screening Pictograms

Tags Frontline Facilities Tools, Identify, Intake, NSPS 1, NSPS 2, NSPS 3, NSPS 4, R-IIT, R-Lead

Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2019
Description: Pictograms of symptoms