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  Face masks to prevent transmission of influenza virus: a systematic review.

  Tags Flu, Infection Prevention and Control, Influenza, Mask, Masks, N95, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: Cowling, B. J., Y. Zhou, D. K. M. Ip, G. M. Leung, and A. E. Aiello.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2010-04
  Description: Influenza viruses circulate around the world every year. From time to time new strains emerge and cause global pandemics.
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  Exposure to influenza virus aerosols in the hospital setting: is routine patient care an aerosol generating procedure?

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Flu, Infection Prevention and Control, Influenza, Occupational Exposure, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Cummings, Kristin J., Stephen B. Martin, Jr., William G. Lindsley, Sreekumar Othumpangat, Francoise M. Blachere, John D. Noti, Donald H. Beezhold, Nasira Roidad, John E. Parker, and David N. Weissman.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2014-08-01
  Description: We read with interest the article by Bischoff et al, in which they describe detection of influenza virus in aerosols around hospitalized patients with influenza virus infection who were receiving routine care.

• Too Many Patients…A Framework to Guide Statewide Allocation of Scarce Mechanical Ventilation During Disasters

  Tags Ethics, Pandemic, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Daugherty Biddison, E. Lee, Ruth Faden, Howard S. Gwon, Darren P. Mareiniss, Alan C. Regenberg, Monica Schoch-Spana, Jack Schwartz, and Eric S. Toner.
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-04
  Description: The threat of a catastrophic public health emergency causing life-threatening illness or injury on a massive scale has prompted extensive federal, state, and local preparedness efforts. Modeling studies suggest that an influenza pandemic similar to…

• Behavioral Health Support for Patients, Families, and Healthcare Workers

  Tags Healthcare Worker Monitoring, Healthcare Worker Safety, Occupational Health, Patient Support, Personnel Management, R-PM
  Creator: David S. Cates, Paula G. Gomes, and Arthur M. Krasilovsky
  Subject: Personnel Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-07-07
  Description: During the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, over 850 healthcare workers contracted Ebola, and over 500 died. These tragic numbers underscore the need for strict adherence to infection control precautions when caring for patients with Ebola…

• Longitudinal Analysis of the Human B Cell Response to Ebola Virus Infection

  Tags Ebola, Immunology, Outbreaks, R-Res&Pub, Research, Vaccine Study
  Creator: Davis CW, Jackson KJL, McElroy AK, Halfmann P, Huang J, Chennareddy C, Piper AE, Leung Y, Albariño CG, Crozier I, Ellebedy AH, Sidney J, Sette A, Yu T, Nielsen SCA, Goff AJ, Spiropoulou CF, Saphire EO, Cavet G, Kawaoka Y, Mehta AK, Glass PJ, Boyd SD,…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-05-30
  Description: Ebola virus (EBOV) remains a public health threat. We performed a longitudinal study of B cell responses to EBOV in four survivors of the 2014 West African outbreak.

• Characterization of Ebola convalescent plasma donor immune response and psoralen treated plasma in the United States

  Tags Ebola, Epidemiology, R-Res&Pub, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Dean, Christina L., Jay W. Hooper, John M. Dye, Samantha E. Zak, Scott A. Koepsell, Laurence Corash, Richard J. Benjamin, Steve Kwilas, Shannon Bonds, Anne M. Winkler, and Colleen S. Kraft.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-03-04
  Description: In 2014, passive immunization by transfusion of Ebola convalescent plasma (ECP) was considered for treating patients with acute Ebola virus disease (EVD).

• Transport of Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the Prone Position

  Tags Proning, R-T&C, Treatment and Care
  Creator: DellaVolpe, J. D., J. Lovett, C. Martin-Gill and F. X. Guyette
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-04-16
  Description: Objective: We present seven cases of patients with severe respiratory failure refractory to conventional ventilation who were safely transported in the prone position.
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  PPE Donning and Doffing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

  Tags Doffing, Donning, Donning and Doffing, Example, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Protocol, R-PPE, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: Denver Health
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2024-09-11
  Description: Denver Health PPE Donning and Doffing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)Go to the related PPE & TJC: Strategies for the New Joint Commission Standards webinar.

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  VA Pandemic Influenza Plan

  Tags Emergency Management, Ethics, Flu, Influenza, Pandemic, R-EM, R-Res&Pub, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2006-03-31
  Description: The VA Pandemic Influenza Plan has been created to guide VA in protecting staff and Veterans during a pandemic. It is part of VA emergency plans to help all parts of VA with preparation, response, and recovery stages of an influenza pandemic.

• Getting to zero in the DR Congo Ebola outbreak

  Tags Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C
  Creator: Dhillon, Ranu S., Devabhaktuni Srikrishna, and Gerardo Chowell.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-03-09
  Description: Any plan to stop the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo must be based on a quantitative understanding of the proportion of the at-risk population that needs to be protected by effective control measures for transmission to decline…