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• The Risk of Not Being Ready: A Novel Approach to Managing Constant Readiness of a High-Level Isolation Unit During Times of Inactivity

  Tags Emergency Management, Example, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-Lead, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Borromeo Flinn, Jade, Jesse J. Benza, Lauren M. Sauer, Christopher Sulmonte, Noreen A. Hynes, and Brian T. Garibaldi.
  Subject: Physical Infrastructure
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-06-17
  Description: The biocontainment unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital is a specially designed, inactive high-level isolation unit designated to care for patients infected with high-consequence pathogens. The unit team designed a facility-specific readiness scale and…

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• Crises, Calamities, and Chaos: How Public Health Can Improve Response to Emerging Threats Wherever They Arise

  Tags Emergency Management, Epidemic, Pandemic, Public Health, R-EM
  Creator: Boston University
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2018-04-30
  Description: From Ebola to Zika, from hurricanes to opioids, threats to health make headlines and challenge our public health response. Lessons learned from CDC’s engagements around the world, and in our backyard, suggest a role for everyone in mitigating risk…
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  Evaluation of Minnesota and Illinois hospital respiratory protection programs and health care worker respirator use.

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Mask, Masks, N95, Occupational Exposure, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: Brosseau, Lisa M., Lorraine M. Conroy, Margaret Sietsema, Kari Cline, and Kara Durski.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015
  Description: The objective of this study was to assess respiratory protection programs for aerosol-transmissible diseases in acute care hospitals for conformance with regulatory requirements and public health guidelines.

• Overview of the Ebola vaccines in pre-clinical and clinical development/Aperçu des vaccins Ebola en phase clinique et préclinique de développement

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Epidemiology, Français, French, Outbreaks, Outcomes, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, Staffing, Staffing Model, Therapeutics, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Buchy P.
  Subject: Contenu Français
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-10-01
  Description: L’épidémie d’Ebola qui a sévit en Afrique de l’Ouest entre 2013 et 2016 a considérablement accéléré la recherche et le développement de vaccins Ebola.

• Ebola virus disease in DR Congo

  Tags Ebola, Outbreaks, Outcomes, R-Gen, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Burki, Talha.
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-04
  Description: As the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo is ending, there are important lessons to be learnt. Talha Burki reports.
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  Are We There Yet? Laboratory Preparedness for Emerging Infectious Diseases.

  Tags Diagnosis, Infection Prevention and Control, Lab, Laboratory, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-Lab, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Burnham, C. D., J. H. Kwon, E. M. Burd, S. Campbell, P. C. Iwen and M. B. Miller
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-11-10
  Description: We have asked 4 experts in this field to share their thoughts on contemporary challenges in laboratory preparedness for emerging infectious diseases.

• 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.

• 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.

• Common Behaviors and Faults When Doffing Personal Protective Equipment for Patients With Serious Communicable Diseases

  Tags Donning and Doffing, Gloves, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PM, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: The safe removal of personal protective equipment (PPE) can limit transmission of serious communicable diseases, but this process poses challenges to healthcare workers (HCWs).

• Variability in the Duration and Thoroughness of Hand Hygiene

  Tags Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PM, 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: We observed 354 hand hygiene instances across 41 healthcare workers doffing personal protective equipment at 4 hospital-based biocontainment units.