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Creator: Haddad, Lisa B., John Horton, Bruce S. Ribner, and Denise J. Jamieson.
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-03
Description: The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak primarily based in 3 West African countries, had far-reaching global effects. -
Creator: Haddad, Lisa B., Denise J. Jamieson, and Sonja A. Rasmussen.
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-12-27
Description: On August 1, 2018, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported the emergence of another Ebola virus outbreak, the 10th in the DRC since the virus was discovered in 1976. As of November 13, 2018, there were 341 cases and… -
Creator: Gibbs, Shawn G., Jocelyn J. Herstein, Aurora B. Le, Elizabeth L. Beam, Theodore J. Cieslak, James V. Lawler, Joshua L. Santarpia, Terry L. Stentz, Kelli R. Kopocis-Herstein, Chandran Achutan, Gary W. Carter, and John J. Lowe.
Subject: Pre-Hospital
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-05
Description: Circumstances exist that call for the aeromedical evacuation high-level containment transport (AE-HLCT) of patients with highly hazardous communicable diseases. -
Creator: Gibbs, Shawn G., John J. Lowe, Aurora B. Le, Jocelyn J. Herstein, and Paul D. Biddinger.
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-09-12
Description: The 2014–2016 West African Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic took the world by surprise. While 11 patients were treated in the United States, it challenged public health, health care, and emergency response infrastructures. -
Creator: Beam, Elizabeth L., Michelle M. Schwedhelm, Kathleen C. Boulter, Angela M. Vasa, LuAnn Larson, Theodore J. Cieslak, John J. Lowe, Jocelyn J. Herstein, Christopher J. Kratochvil, and Angela L. Hewlett.
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-03-26
Description: The 2014 to 2016 Ebola outbreak response resulted in many lessons learned about biocontainment patient care, leading to enhanced domestic capabilities for highly infectious and hazardous communicable diseases. Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All… -
Creator: Keita, Mory, Boubacar Diallo, Samuel Mesfin, Abdourahmane Marega, Koumpingnin Yacouba Nebie, N'Faly Magassouba, Ahmadou Barry, Seydou Coulibaly, Boubacar Barry, Mamadou Oury Baldé, Raymond Pallawo, Sadou Sow, Alpha Oumar Bah, Mamadou Saliou Balde,…
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-09-04
Description: A record number of people survived Ebola virus infection in the 2013–16 outbreak in west Africa, and the number of survivors has increased after subsequent outbreaks. -
Creator: Kamali, Amanda, Denise J. Jamieson, Julius Kpaduwa, Sarah Schrier, Moon Kim, Nicole M. Green, Ute Ströher, Atis Muehlenbachs, Michael Bell, Pierre E. Rollin, and Laurene Mascola.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-07
Description: Many of the survivors of the 2014–2015 epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa were women of childbearing age. -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2018-05-30
Description: Key Points Healthcare providers caring for pregnant women in U.S. hospitals should be prepared to screen patients for EVD and have a plan in place to triage these patients. Obstetric management of pregnant women with EVD, particularly decisions… -
Creator: Smith, P. W., A. O. Anderson, G. W. Christopher, T. J. Cieslak, G. J. Devreede, G. A. Fosdick, C. B. Greiner, J. M. Hauser, S. H. Hinrichs, K. D. Huebner, P. C. Iwen, D. R. Jourdan, M. G. Kortepeter, V. P. Landon, P. A. Lenaghan, R. E. Leopold, L. A.…
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2006-12-18
Description: In spite of great advances in medicine, serious communicable diseases are a significant threat. Hospitals must be prepared to deal with patients who are infected with pathogens introduced by a bioterrorist act (e.g., smallpox), by a global emerging… -
Creator: Shantha, J. G., J. G. Mattia, A. Goba, K. G. Barnes, F. K. Ebrahim, C. S. Kraft, B. R. Hayek, J. N. Hartnett, J. G. Shaffer, J. S. Schieffelin, J. D. Sandi, M. Momoh, S. Jalloh, D. S. Grant, K. Dierberg, J. Chang, S. Mishra, A. K. Chan, R. Fowler, T.…
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-04
Description: Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors are at risk for uveitis during convalescence. Vision loss has been observed following uveitis due to cataracts.
