Browse Items (292 total)

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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.
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  Interim Guidance for Preparing Frontline Healthcare Facilities for Patients Suspected to Have Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

  Tags Archived, Ebola, Frontline Facility, Infection Prevention and Control, Not updated, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Physical Infrastructure, R-PhIn, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: Physical Infrastructure
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2015-08-28
  Description: Page Summary Who this is for: State and local health departments and frontline healthcare facilities (acute care hospitals, and other emergency care settings including urgent care clinics, and critical access hospitals). This guidance does not…
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  Comparison of FilmArray and Quantitative Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR for Detection of Zaire Ebolavirus from Contrived and Clinical Specimens

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Immunology, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Handling
  Creator: Southern, T. R., L. D. Racsa, C. G. Albarino, P. D. Fey, S. H. Hinrichs, C. N. Murphy, V. L. Herrera, A. R. Sambol, C. E. Hill, E. L. Ryan, C. S. Kraft, S. Campbell, T. K. Sealy, A. Schuh, J. C. Ritchie, G. M. Lyon, 3rd, A. K. Mehta, J. B. Varkey, B.…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-09-01
  Description: Rapid, reliable, and easy-to-use diagnostic assays for detection of Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV) are urgently needed.

• 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.
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  Administration of Brincidofovir and Convalescent Plasma in a Patient With Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Antibodies, Ebola, Immunology, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics
  Creator: Florescu, D. F., A. C. Kalil, A. L. Hewlett, A. J. Schuh, U. Stroher, T. M. Uyeki and P. W. Smith
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-09-15
  Description: From 2014 to May 2015, >26 000 Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases were reported from West Africa.
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  New York State Department of Health and New York State Task Force on Life and the Law Update Ventilator Allocation Guidelines

  Tags Ethics, Pandemic, R-T&C, Treatment and Care
  Creator: New York State Department of Health and New York State Task Force
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2015-11-25
  Description: The guidelines provide direction for the distribution of ventilators in the event of a severe pandemic, when there are insufficient ventilators to treat everyone who needs them. The guidelines balance the goal of saving the most lives with important…

• Learning from Ebola: Interprofessional practice in the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit

  Tags Ebola, Example, Isolation/Biocontainment, Nursing, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, Staffing, Staffing Model
  Creator: Jelden, K. C., P. W. Smith, M. M. Schwedhelm, S. G. Gibbs, J. J. Lowe, E. L. Beam, C. J. Kratochvil, K. C. Boulter and A. L. Hewlett
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-12-01
  Description: Caring for patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU) has necessitated and enabled extensive interprofessional relationships and the creation of a collaborative care model.

  Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.

• Preparing for a Pandemic: An Emergency Response Benchbook and Operational Guidebook for State Court Judges and Administrators

  Tags Emergency Management, Legal, Pandemic, R-EM
  Creator: National Center for State Courts
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2016
  Description: This document was prepared with support from a State Justice Institute grant.
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  Safe Handling, Treatment, Transport and Disposal of Ebola-Contaminated Waste

  Tags Category A, Ebola, Guidance Document, Infection Prevention and Control, NSPS 1, NSPS 2, NSPS 3, NSPS 4, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-WM, Sterilizer, Waste, Waste Management
  Creator: U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  Subject: Waste Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-03
  Description: Ebola-Contaminated Waste safe handling Fact Sheet

• Personal protective equipment processes and rationale for the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit during the 2014 activations for Ebola virus disease.

  Tags Contact Transmission, Donning and Doffing, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Beam, E. L., S. Schwedhelm, K. Boulter, C. Kratochvil, J. Lowe, A. Hewlett, S. G. Gibbs and P. W. Smith
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-03-01
  Description: In response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak of 2014, specific procedures for personal protective equipment use were developed in the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit for the isolation care of patients with the illness.