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Creator: The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2020-04
Description: APIC has created a new resource for members of the public regarding proper glove use. The linked printable flyer has information on gloves and germs. -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2019-04-03
Description: Who this is for: Hospitals and healthcare providers that care for patients under investigation (PUIs) for Ebola virus disease (EVD) or with confirmed cases of EVD. What this is for: To help hospitals and healthcare providers safely handle,… -
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: NETEC
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Checklist
Date Last Updated: 2023-04-18
Description: Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF) are a group of diseases caused by several families of viruses. The term VHF refers to an illness that can affect multiple organ systems and can be accompanied by fever, headache, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and… -
Creator: WHO
Subject: General
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023
Description: Plague is an infectious disease caused by Yersinia pestis bacteria, usually found in small mammals and their fleas. The disease is transmitted between animals via their fleas and, as it is a zoonotic bacterium, it can also transmit from animals to… -
Creator: Mumma JM, Howard-Anderson JR, Morgan JS, Schink K, Wheatley MJ, Kraft CS, Lane MA, Kaufman NH, Ayeni O, Brownsword EA, Jacob JT.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-09-10
Description: Understanding the cognitive determinants of healthcare worker (HCW) behavior is important for improving the use of infection prevention and control (IPC) practices. Given a patient requiring only standard precautions, we examined the dimensions along… -
Creator: Pitzer, Virginia E., and Ted Cohen.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-06-17
Description: Studies of household members and close contacts of individuals infected with a communicable disease such as COVID-19 are a key source of information for infectious disease epidemiologists. -
Creator: Chu, Victoria T., Anna R. Yousaf, Karen Chang, Noah G. Schwartz, Clinton J. McDaniel, Scott H. Lee, Christine M. Szablewski, Marie Brown, Cherie L. Drenzek, Emilio Dirlikov, Dale A. Rose, Julie Villanueva, Alicia M. Fry, Aron J. Hall, Hannah L.…
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-07-21
Description: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in children is often asymptomatic or results in only mild disease. Data on the extent of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from children and adolescents in the household setting,… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2022-10-07
Description: This NETEC blog post discusses the Sudan ebolavirus outbreak in Uganda, differences and similarities among ebolavirus Species, the Identify, Isolate, and Inform process, and infection control and waste management. -
Creator: Warnes, Sarah L., Zoë R. Little, and C. William Keevil.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-11-10
Description: The evolution of new and reemerging historic virulent strains of respiratory viruses from animal reservoirs is a significant threat to human health.