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Creator: Smith, P. W., A. O. Anderson, G. W. Christopher, T. J. Cieslak, G. J. Devreede, G. A. Fosdick, C. B. Greiner, J. M. Hauser, S. H. Hinrichs, K. D. Huebner, P. C. Iwen, D. R. Jourdan, M. G. Kortepeter, V. P. Landon, P. A. Lenaghan, R. E. Leopold, L. A.…
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2006-12-18
Description: In spite of great advances in medicine, serious communicable diseases are a significant threat. Hospitals must be prepared to deal with patients who are infected with pathogens introduced by a bioterrorist act (e.g., smallpox), by a global emerging… -
Creator: U.S. Department of TransportationU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyU.S. Department of LaborCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2022-06-10
Description: Key Points: This documents supersedes earlier versions from January 2017 and August 2019. This document does not create new requirements, nor does it remove the obligation to comply with all applicable federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial… -
Creator: Haddad, Lisa B., John Horton, Bruce S. Ribner, and Denise J. Jamieson.
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-03
Description: The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak primarily based in 3 West African countries, had far-reaching global effects. -
Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: More than 28 000 people were infected with Ebola virus during the 2014–2015 West African outbreak, resulting in more than 11 000 deaths. Better methods are needed to reduce the risk of self-contamination while doffing personal protective equipment… -
Creator: NYC Health + Hospitals
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2023-12-15
Description: Matrix with response to different special pathogens. -
Creator: CDC
Subject: General
Item Type: Video
Date Last Updated: 2019-09-05
Description: Welcome to “We Were There,” a quarterly lecture series featuring past and present CDC researchers as they share their personal perspectives on historically important, CDC-led epidemiologic and laboratory investigations. This series will provide… -
Creator: ASPR TRACIE
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2018
Description: Purpose: The Hospital Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Planning Tool is designed to help hospitals determine approximate minimum PPE needs based on special pathogen category and a number of facility specific variables. Calculators are included for… -
Creator: Rojek, Amanda M., Shevin T. Jacob, and Jake Dunning.
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03
Description: Since the onset of the west Africa Ebola virus outbreak, there has been remarkable progress in efforts to provide patients with improved supportive care and access to experimental treatments. -
Creator: Jacob, Shevin T., Ian Crozier, William A. Fischer, Angela Hewlett, Colleen S. Kraft, Marc-Antoine de La Vega, Moses J. Soka, Victoria Wahl, Anthony Griffiths, Laura Bollinger, and Jens H. Kuhn.
Subject: General
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-20
Description: Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe and frequently lethal disease caused by Ebola virus (EBOV). -
Creator: Dean, Christina L., Jay W. Hooper, John M. Dye, Samantha E. Zak, Scott A. Koepsell, Laurence Corash, Richard J. Benjamin, Steve Kwilas, Shannon Bonds, Anne M. Winkler, and Colleen S. Kraft.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-04
Description: In 2014, passive immunization by transfusion of Ebola convalescent plasma (ECP) was considered for treating patients with acute Ebola virus disease (EVD).