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  PROCEDURE-Management of Defective Personal Protective Equipment While in the SCDU (####)

  Tags Decontamination, Infection Prevention and Control, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: Emory
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-02-12
  Description: Resources - National Ebola Training and Education Center - Emory Protocols
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  PROCEDURE-Personal Protective Equipment in the SCDU (####)

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: Emory
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-02-09
  Description: Resources - National Ebola Training and Education Center - Emory Protocols

• Identification and Characterization of Failures in Infectious Agent Transmission Precaution Practices in Hospitals

  Tags Contact Transmission, Donning and Doffing, Droplet Transmission, Infection Prevention and Control, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PM, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Staff Support, Staffing
  Creator: Sarah L. Krein, PhD, RN; Jeanmarie Mayer, MD; Molly Harrod, PhD; Lauren E. Weston, MPH; Lynn Gregory, NP; Laura Petersen, MHSA; Matthew H. Samore, MD; Frank A. Drews, PhD
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-08-01
  Description: Using personal protective equipment (PPE) and transmission-based precautions are primary strategies for reducing the transmission of infectious agents.
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  NETEC - Online Course - Special Pathogens of Concern: Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Biosafety, Ebola, Isolate, R-IPC, Special Pathogens
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2018-09-10
  Description: It is critical that healthcare personnel have knowledge of Ebola and the implications for healthcare delivery in a biocontainment unit (BCU). In this course, learners will be able to describe pathogen-related factors that may warrant treatment in a…
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  Bodily Fluid / Other Liquid Spills / Sharps Cleanup

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Protocol, R-IPC, Spills, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-03-01
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To define a process for clean-up, disinfection and disposal of bodily fluid and other fluid spills, including those that contain sharps.
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  Isopod Cleaning and Storage

  Tags Decontamination, Infection Prevention and Control, Isopod, Portable Isolation Unit, Protocol, R-IIT, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-04-01
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To insure the Isopod is charged and ready for use when needed and to safely dispose of the Isopod after use.
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  Laundry Policy (VHF)

  Tags Decontamination, Infection Prevention and Control, Protocol, R-IPC, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-06-01
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To prevent the potential transmission of highly hazardous communicable diseases through contaminated laundry.

• The CDC Field Epidemiology Manual

  Tags Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Outbreaks, Public Health, R-IPC
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2019
  Description: The CDC Field Epidemiology Manual is a definitive guide to investigating acute public health events on the ground and in real time. Assembled and written by experts from the CDC as well as other leading public health agencies, it offers current and…
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  Biocontainment Units: Moving to the Next Phase of Evolution

  Tags Biosafety, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Research
  Creator: Mark G. Kortepeter and Theodore J. Cieslak
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-02-06
  Description: The concept and belief in the idea of “biocontainment” has undergone significant evolution during the past 20 years.
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  How to Remove Gloves Safely

  Tags Doffing, Gloves, Infection Prevention and Control, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2018-08-27
  Description: CDC Communication Resources, Poster on how to remove gloves safely: To protect yourself, use the following steps to take off gloves.