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  Safety considerations in the laboratory testing of specimens suspected or known to contain Ebola virus

  Tags Biosafety, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-Lab, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Handling
  Creator: Iwen, P. C., P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett, C. J. Kratochvil, S. J. Lisco, J. N. Sullivan, S. G. Gibbs, J. J. Lowe, P. D. Fey, V. L. Herrera, A. R. Sambol, J. L. Wisecarver and S. H. Hinrichs
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-01-01
  Description: Reference to the Ebola virus causes concern among all individuals, whether from the public or within the medical community.

• Ebola virus disease

  Tags Ebola, R-Gen, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Jacob, Shevin T., Ian Crozier, William A. Fischer, Angela Hewlett, Colleen S. Kraft, Marc-Antoine de La Vega, Moses J. Soka, Victoria Wahl, Anthony Griffiths, Laura Bollinger, and Jens H. Kuhn.
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-02-20
  Description: Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe and frequently lethal disease caused by Ebola virus (EBOV).
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  Ebola alert: results and challenges in public health. A view from Catalonia (Spain)/Resultados y retos en salud pública ante la alerta por Ébola: una perspectiva desde Cataluña

  Tags Ebola, Epidemiology, Español, Infection Prevention and Control, Outbreaks, Public Health, R-Res&Pub, Spanish, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Jané M, Vidal MJ, Maresma M, Martínez A, Carmona G, Rodés A, Torner N, Álvarez J, Sala MR, Barrabeig I; por el Grupo de trabajo de la Red de Vigilancia Epidemiológica en Cataluña.
  Subject: Elementos en Español
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-04-01
  Description: The Ebola outbreak in Guinea Conakry was notified to the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2014.
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  U.S. Ebola Treatment Center Clinical Laboratory Support

  Tags Biosafety, Diagnosis, Ebola, Example, Isolation/Biocontainment, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling
  Creator: Jelden, K. C., P. C. Iwen, J. J. Herstein, P. D. Biddinger, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-04-01
  Description: Fifty-five hospitals in the United States have been designated Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) by their state and local health authorities.

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• 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.

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• Nebraska Biocontainment Unit patient discharge and environmental decontamination after Ebola care

  Tags Decontamination, Discharge, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Jelden, K. C., S. G. Gibbs, P. W. Smith, M. M. Schwedhelm, P. C. Iwen, E. L. Beam, A. K. Hayes, N. Marion, C. J. Kratochvil, K. C. Boulter, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-03-01
  Description: The Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBUacrnm1), which operates through collaboration of Nebraska Medicine, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, recently treated patients with Ebola viru...

• The Impact of High-Level Isolation Units Beyond High-Consequence Pathogen Preparedness

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Preparedness, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, Research, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Jennifer Andonian, Kelsie E. Galusha, Lisa L. Maragakis, and Brian T. Garibaldi.
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-02-19
  Description: In response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) funded the creation of 10 Regional Ebola and Other Special Pathogen Treatment Centers (RESPTCs) across the United States.

• Enacting high reliability principles while caring for people with Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Fitness for Duty, Infection Prevention and Control, Nursing, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Personnel Management, R-PM, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Site Managers, Staff Retention, Staff Rotation Schedules, Staff Support, Staffing, Staffing Model, Trained Observer, Treatment and Care, Waste
  Creator: Jennings B. M., Yeager K. A., Feistritzer N. R., Gullatte M. M., Martyn K. K.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-18
  Description: Fear surrounds Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) because it is highly infectious. Yet members of the Serious Communicable Diseases Unit (SCDU) at Emory University Hospital (EUH) had to overcome that fear when caring for patients with EVD.
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  Validation of Autoclave Protocols for Successful Decontamination of Category A Medical Waste Generated from Care of Patients with Serious Communicable Diseases.

  Tags Autoclave, Category A, Decontamination, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, Waste
  Creator: Johns Hopkins
  Subject: Waste Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-02-01
  Description: General Resources | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Resources: In response to the Ebola outbreak in 2014, many hospitals designated specific areas to care for patients with Ebola and other highly infectious diseases. The safe handling of category A…
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  The Creation of a Biocontainment Unit at a Tertiary Care Hospital. The Johns Hopkins Medicine Experience.

  Tags Bioseal, Contact Transmission, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Region 3, Special Pathogens, Staff Rotation Schedules, Staffing
  Creator: Johns Hopkins
  Subject: Physical Infrastructure
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-05-01
  Description: In response to the 2014-2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa, Johns Hopkins Medicine created a biocontainment unit to care for patients infected with Ebola virus and other high-consequence pathogens.