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Creator: NETEC
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Checklist
Date Last Updated: 2024-10-10
Description: The check-boxes in the pdf version only of this document are already selected by default. Be sure to select the appropriate boxes for your case. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF) are a group of diseases caused by several families of viruses. The term… -
Creator: Vikramjit Mukherjee, Lauren M Sauer, Aneesh K Mehta, Sophia Y Shea, Paul D Biddinger, Brendan G Carr, Laura E Evans, Shelly Schwedhelm, John J Lowe, John J Lowe
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2022-05-31
Description: Infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics have repeatedly threatened public health and have severely strained healthcare delivery systems throughout the past century. Pathogens causing respiratory illness, such as influenza viruses and… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Emergency Medical Services
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2022-05-19
Description: It is very unlikely that EMS clinicians will encounter a person infected with Mpox during routine operations, however EMS professionals should follow an identify, isolate, and inform strategy to prevent the spread of illness. This blog post covers… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Emergency Medical Services
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2021-07-23
Description: On July 8-9 a U.S. citizen traveled from Nigeria to Dallas, TX, via Atlanta, GA. On July 13 the patient presented to an emergency department for a rash that had been present since July 7. The patient was diagnosed with Mpox and isolated.This blog… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2021-07-21
Description: The United States recently had a case of Mpox virus diagnosed in a patient in Dallas County, Texas. Organizations in the U.S. now preparing for the potential need to handle patients under investigation or patients with the Mpox virus must also… -
Creator: the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2005-05-19
Description: The requirements adopted for the UN Recommendations establish a two-tiered classification system for Division 6.2 materials—Category A and Category B. A Category A infectious substance poses a higher degree of risk than a Category B infectious… -
Creator: Public Health Agency of Canada
Subject: General
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2011-02-18
Description: PATHOGEN SAFETY DATA SHEET - INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES SECTION I - INFECTIOUS AGENTSECTION II – HAZARD IDENTIFICATIONSECTION III - DISSEMINATIONSECTION IV - STABILITY AND VIABILITYSECTION V – FIRST AID / MEDICALSECTION VI - LABORATORY HAZARDSSECTION VII… -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-08
Description: Information for clinicians related to Mpox:The first symptoms of mpox include fever, malaise, headache, and sometimes sore throat and cough. A distinguishing feature of mpox from smallpox is lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph nodes). This typically… -
Creator: CDC
Subject: General
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2021-07-16
Description: General information about Mpox.Mpox is a rare disease that is caused by infection with mpox virus. Mpox virus belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus in the family Poxviridae. The Orthopoxvirus genus also includes variola virus (the cause of smallpox),… -
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Creator: CDC
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Protocol
Date Last Updated: 2016-12-01
Description: This protocol has been developed to guide the sequence and type of laboratory testing to be undertaken in situations involving specimens from patients with acute, generalized vesicular or pustular rash illness, or suspected smallpox vaccine (vaccinia…Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
