Browse Items (64 total)

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  Activation Checklist Example 1

  Tags Activation, Checklist, Example, Isolation/Biocontainment, Leadership Toolbox, R-T&E, Response Tools
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Training and Exercises
  Item Type: Checklist
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-25
  Description: Leadership Toolbox, Response: Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU) Activation Checklist

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• U.S. High-Level Isolation Unit Clinical Laboratory Capabilities Update.

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Lab, Laboratorian, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens, Specimen Handling, Specimen Transport
  Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. C. Iwen, K. C. Jelden, P. D. Biddinger, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe 
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-04
  Description: In late 2014, 56 hospitals in the United States were designated by state and federal public health authorities as specially designed high-level isolation units (HLIUs) equipped with advanced infrastructure, laboratory capabilities, and trained staff…

• Planning and response to Ebola virus disease: An integrated approach

  Tags Ebola, Emergency Management, EMS, Exercises and Drills, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-Lead, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, Staffing, Staffing Model, Training, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Smith, P. W., K. C. Boulter, A. L. Hewlett, C. J. Kratochvil, E. J. Beam, S. G. Gibbs, J. M. Lowe and M. M. Schwedhelm
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-05-01
  Description: The care of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) requires the application of critical care medicine principles under conditions of stringent infection control precautions.

• Nebraska biocontainment unit design and operations

  Tags Equipment and Supplies, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Physical Infrastructure, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Lenaghan, P. A. and M. Schwedhelm
  Subject: Physical Infrastructure
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-06-01
  Description: Planning and design of a unique biocontainment unit specifically for care of patients with rare and highly infectious diseases presented an opportunity for nurse leaders to engage staff in crucial groundbreaking decisions.

• The National Ebola Training and Education Center: Preparing the United States for Ebola and Other Special Pathogens

  Tags Ebola, Isolation/Biocontainment, NETEC, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, Special Pathogens, Training
  Creator: Kratochvil, C. J., L. Evans, B. S. Ribner, J. J. Lowe, M. C. Harvey, R. C. Hunt, A. J. Tumpey, R. P. Fagan, M. M. Schwedhelm, S. Bell, J. Maher, C. S. Kraft, N. V. Cagliuso, Sr., S. Vanairsdale, A. Vasa and P. W. Smith
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-01
  Description: The National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) was established in 2015 in response to the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa.
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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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  Ebola virus disease: preparedness and infection control lessons learned from two biocontainment units

  Tags Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-T&E, Training
  Creator: Hewlett, A. L., J. B. Varkey, P. W. Smith and B. S. Ribner
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-08-01
  Description: This review details infection control issues encountered in the management of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD), with emphasis on how these issues were confronted in two biocontainment patient care units in the United States.
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  Initial Costs of Ebola Treatment Centers in the United States

  Tags Ebola, Example, Isolation/Biocontainment, Physical Infrastructure, Public Health, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, State Treatment Center
  Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, S. G. Gibbs, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: Physical Infrastructure
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-02-01
  Description: To the Editor: The 2014–2015 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was unprecedented in scale and scope. During the outbreak, 11 patients with EVD were cared for in the United States...

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• Current Capabilities and Capacity of Ebola Treatment Centers in the United States

  Tags Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Public Health, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, State Treatment Center
  Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-03-01
  Description: To describe current Ebola treatment center (ETC) locations, their capacity to care for Ebola virus disease patients, and infection control infrastructure features. 
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  Sustainability of High-Level Isolation Capabilities among US Ebola Treatment Centers

  Tags Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Public Health, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, State Treatment Center
  Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, K. C. Jelden, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-01
  Description: To identify barriers to maintaining and applying capabilities of US high-level isolation units (HLIUs) used during the Ebola virus disease outbreak, during 2016 we surveyed HLIUs.