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Creator: U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2014
Description: This guidance is intended for persons who prepare packages containing waste contaminated or suspected of being contaminated with Ebola, for transportation to off-site treatment and disposal. It provides guidance on DOT regulations regarding the… -
Creator: U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-03
Description: Ebola-Contaminated Waste safe handling Fact Sheet -
Creator: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Subject: General
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2017-01-01
Description: An outside expert panel reviewed the HHS Ebola response and provided recommendations on improving the Department’s preparedness and response efforts. This status report outlines progress toward addressing key recommendations made by the expert panel. -
Creator: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Subject: General
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2017-11-01
Description: This report, prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), Office of Emergency Management’s Division of National H ealthcare Preparedness Program s, is in… -
Creator: U.S. Agency for International Development
Subject: General
Item Type: Webinar
Date Last Updated: 2018-04-01
Description: A three part pod-cast series discusses the need for new and improved tools to fight infectious disease, as demonstrated by the recent outbreaks of Ebola and Zika. -
Creator: Tolf, Eleanor, and Syra Madad.
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-06-18
Description: The purpose of this evaluation was to determine the effect of intensive, interactive training on hospital workers’ preparedness for special pathogen cases by utilizing the Frontline Facility Special Pathogens Training Course created by the Systemwide… -
Creator: Thorson, Anna E., Megan E. Foeller, Severine Caluwaerts, Carolina Ribeiro do Valle, Ian Crozier, Gibrilla Deen, Devika Dixit, Chrissy Godwin, Pius Okong, Rachel Esteves Soeiro, João Paulo Sousa, Michel van Herp, Maurice Bucagu, Alejandro Costa, Megan…
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-06
Description: Providing care for pregnant and breastfeeding women with Ebola virus disease is complex and requires expertise in infectious diseases, obstetrics, and gynaecology. -
Creator: Thom, Ruth, Thomas Tipton, Thomas Strecker, Yper Hall, Joseph Akoi Bore, Piet Maes, Fara Raymond Koundouno, Sarah Katharina Fehling, Verena Krähling, Kimberley Steeds, Anitha Varghese, Graham Bailey, Mary Matheson, Moussa Coné, Balla Moussa Keita,…
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-10-13
Description: The 2013–16 Ebola virus disease epidemic in west Africa caused international alarm due to its rapid and extensive spread resulting in a significant death toll and social unrest within the affected region. The large number of cases provided an… -
Creator: Theodore J Cieslak, Jocelyn J Herstein, Mark G Kortepeter, Angela L Hewlett
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-08-22
Description: Although the concept of high-level containment care (HLCC or ‘biocontainment’), dates back to 1969, the 2014–2016 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) brought with it a renewed emphasis on the use of specialized HLCC units in the care of patients… -
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…