Browse Items (1478 total)

• Nebraska biocontainment unit design and operations

  Tags Equipment and Supplies, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Physical Infrastructure, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Lenaghan, P. A. and M. Schwedhelm
  Subject: Physical Infrastructure
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-06-01
  Description: Planning and design of a unique biocontainment unit specifically for care of patients with rare and highly infectious diseases presented an opportunity for nurse leaders to engage staff in crucial groundbreaking decisions.
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  Nebraska Biocontainment Unit perspective on disposal of Ebola medical waste

  Tags Autoclave, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Public Health, R-WM, Waste
  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.
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  Considerations for safe EMS transport of patients infected with Ebola virus

  Tags Ebola, EMS, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Transport, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Pre-hospital Transport, R-EMS, R-PreH, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Lowe, J. J., K. C. Jelden, P. J. Schenarts, L. E. Rupp, K. J. Hawes, B. M. Tysor, R. G. Swansiger, S. S. Schwedhelm, P. W. Smith and S. G. Gibbs
  Subject: Pre-Hospital
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-06-01
  Description: The Nebraska Biocontainment Unit through the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, recently received patients with confirmed Ebola virus from West Africa.

• Environmental infection control considerations for Ebola

  Tags Contact Transmission, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Physical Infrastructure, R-IPC
  Creator: Lowe, J. J., P. L. Olinger, S. G. Gibbs, K. Rengarajan, E. L. Beam, K. C. Boulter, M. M. Schwedhelm, A. K. Hayes, C. J. Kratochvil, S. Vanairsdale, B. Frislie, J. Lewis, A. L. Hewlett, P. W. Smith, B. Gartland and B. S. Ribner
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-07-01
  Description: The growing Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, coupled with the transport of patients to the United States for treatment and the first US Ebola case identified September 30, 2014, in Texas, have driven hospitals throughout the United States to be…
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  Clinical care of two patients with Ebola virus disease in the United States

  Tags Critical Care, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Staffing, Staffing Model, Therapeutics
  Creator: Lyon, G. M., A. K. Mehta, J. B. Varkey, K. Brantly, L. Plyler, A. K. McElroy, C. S. Kraft, J. S. Towner, C. Spiropoulou, U. Stroher, T. M. Uyeki, B. S. Ribner and U. Emory Serious Communicable Diseases
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2014-12-18
  Description: West Africa is currently experiencing the largest outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in history.

• Clinical Management of Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in High-Resource Settings

  Tags Critical Care, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Staffing, Staffing Model, Therapeutics
  Creator: Marshall Lyon, G., A. K. Mehta and B. S. Ribner
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-11
  Description: Like most viral illnesses in humans, supportive care of the patient is the mainstay of clinical care for patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD).
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  Treatment of Ebola

  Tags Critical Care, Ebola, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Therapeutics
  Creator: Mehta, A. K., G. M. Lyon and J. B. Varkey
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-04-23
  Description: To the Editor: We were struck by the similarity of transient vascular leak in Ebola virus disease (EVD), as reported by Lyon et al. (Dec. 18 issue),1 with that which occurs in dengue....

• Building a National Capability to Monitor and Assess Medical Countermeasure Use During a Public Health Emergency: Going Beyond the Last Mile: Proceedings of a Workshop

  Tags Ethics, Federal Research Partners, Informed Consent, Institutional Review Board (IRB), Patient Care, Prophylaxis, Public Health, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics, Vaccine Study
  Creator: National Academies of Sciences, E. and Medicine
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-10-31
  Description: During public health emergencies (PHEs) involving chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear threats or emerging infectious diseases, medical countermeasures (MCMs) (e.g., drugs, vaccines, devices) may need to be dispensed or administered to…

• Reflections on interprofessional team-based clinical care in the ebola epidemic: The Nebraska Medicine experience

  Tags Ebola, Nursing, Patient Care, R-T&C, Staff Support, Staffing, Staffing Model, Training
  Creator: Schwedhelm, S., E. L. Beam, R. D. Morris and J. G. Sebastian
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-02-01
  Description: Team-based interprofessional care has become the gold standard for comprehensive and efficient health care.

• Planning and response to Ebola virus disease: An integrated approach

  Tags Ebola, Emergency Management, EMS, Exercises and Drills, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-Lead, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, Staffing, Staffing Model, Training, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Smith, P. W., K. C. Boulter, A. L. Hewlett, C. J. Kratochvil, E. J. Beam, S. G. Gibbs, J. M. Lowe and M. M. Schwedhelm
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-05-01
  Description: The care of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) requires the application of critical care medicine principles under conditions of stringent infection control precautions.