Browse Items (248 total)

• Understanding Workflow and Personal Protective Equipment Challenges Across Different Healthcare Personnel Roles

  Tags Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PM, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Staff Rotations, Staffing
  Creator: Harrod, Molly, Laura Petersen, Lauren E. Weston, Lynn Gregory, Jeanmarie Mayer, Matthew H. Samore, Frank A. Drews, and Sarah L. Krein.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: Hospitals use standard and transmission-based precautions, including personal protective equipment (PPE), to prevent the spread of infectious organisms.

• Environmental Contact and Self-contact Patterns of Healthcare Workers: Implications for Infection Prevention and Control

  Tags Contact Transmission, Infection Prevention and Control, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: Respiratory viruses on fomites can be transferred to sites susceptible to infection via contact by hands or other fomites.

• Optimizing Contact Precautions to Curb the Spread of Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria in Hospitals: A Multicenter Cohort Study to Identify Patient Characteristics and Healthcare Personnel Interactions Associated With Transmission of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

  Tags Contact Transmission, Gloves, Infection Prevention and Control, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: Healthcare personnel (HCP) acquire antibiotic-resistant bacteria on their gloves and gowns when caring for intensive care unit (ICU) patients.

• Improving the Use of Personal Protective Equipment: Applying Lessons Learned.

  Tags Contact Transmission, Infection Prevention and Control, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PM, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Reddy, Sujan C., Amy L. Valderrama, and David T. Kuhar.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: Unrecognized transmission of pathogens in healthcare settings can lead to colonization and infection of both patients and healthcare personnel. The use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is an important strategy to protect healthcare personnel…
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  Design Strategies for Biocontainment Units to Reduce Risk During Doffing of High-level Personal Protective Equipment.

  Tags Biosafety, Donning and Doffing, Ebola, Isolation/Biocontainment, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Physical Infrastructure, R-PhIn
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: Physical Infrastructure
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-09-13
  Description: Few data exist to guide the physical design of biocontainment units, particularly the doffing area.

• U.S. Medical Examiner/Coroner capability to handle highly infectious decedents.

  Tags Decedent Management, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-DM, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Le, Aurora B., Erin G. Brooks, Lily A. McNulty, James R. Gill, Jocelyn J. Herstein, Janelle Rios, Scott J. Patlovich, Katelyn C. Jelden, Kendra K. Schmid, John J. Lowe, and Shawn G. Gibbs.
  Subject: Decedent Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-11-06
  Description: In the United States of America, Medical Examiners and Coroners (ME/Cs) investigate approximately 20% of all deaths. Unexpected deaths, such as those occurring due to a deceased person under investigation for a highly infectious disease, are likely…
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  Managing Solid Waste Contaminated with a Category A Infectious Substance

  Tags Autoclave, Category A, Ebola, Federal, Guidance Document, Infection Prevention and Control, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-WM, Regulations, Sterilizer, Training, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Waste, Waste Management
  Creator: U.S. Department of TransportationU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyU.S. Department of LaborCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
  Subject: Waste Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2022-06-10
  Description: Key Points: This documents supersedes earlier versions from January 2017 and August 2019. This document does not create new requirements, nor does it remove the obligation to comply with all applicable federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial…
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  Pregnancy, Labor, and Delivery after Ebola Virus Disease and Implications for Infection Control in Obstetric Services, United States

  Tags Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Labor and Delivery, Neonates, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-SP, Survivors
  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.

• Assessing Viral Transfer During Doffing of Ebola-Level Personal Protective Equipment in a Biocontainment Unit

  Tags Ebola, Gloves, Internal Transport, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-IIT, R-PM, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Trained Observer, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Casanova, L. M., K. Erukunuakpor, C. S. Kraft, J. M. Mumma, F. T. Durso, A. N. Ferguson, C. L. Gipson, V. L. Walsh, C. Zimring, J. DuBose, J. T. Jacob, Control Centers for Disease, and Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion Prevention Epicenters…
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-05
  Description: The 2014–2015 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) placed healthcare workers (HCWs) at high risk for acquiring EVD during patient care.

• Ebola Recommendations for Organizations

  Tags Clinical Trial, Ebola, Outbreaks, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PM, R-PPE, Travel Screening, Vaccine Study
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: Personnel Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2019-04-16
  Description: Recommendations for organizations sending US-based health care or emergency response workers to areas with Ebola outbreaks and predeparture assessment of any workers traveling from Ebola outbreak areas to the United States.