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• Effect of Glove Decontamination on Bacterial Contamination of Healthcare Personnel Hands

  Tags Contact Transmission, Gloves, 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: We examined the effect of glove decontamination prior to removal on bacterial contamination of healthcare personnel hands in a laboratory simulation study.

• Preventing Viral Contamination: Effects of Wipe and Spray-based Decontamination of Gloves and Gowns

  Tags Gloves, Gown, 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: We conducted a laboratory simulation to evaluate the contamination of environmental surfaces when using wipe vs spray methods of personal protective equipment (PPE) decontamination.

• Development and Comparison of Complementary Methods to Study Potential Skin and Inhalational Exposure to Pathogens During Personal Protective Equipment Doffing

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Donning and Doffing, 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: Fluorescent tracers are often used with ultraviolet lights to visibly identify healthcare worker self-contamination after doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE).

• Effect of an Intervention Package and Teamwork Training to Prevent Healthcare Personnel Self-contamination During Personal Protective Equipment Doffing

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Donning and Doffing, Ebola, Isolation/Biocontainment, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PM, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Staff Support, Staffing, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  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…

• Model-based Assessment of the Effect of Contact Precautions Applied to Surveillance-detected Carriers of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Long-term Acute Care Hospitals

  Tags Contact Transmission, Long-term Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-LTC, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program and C. D. C. Modeling Infectious Diseases in Healthcare Program (CDC)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: An intervention that successfully reduced colonization and infection with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in Chicago-area long-term acute-care hospitals included active surveillance and contact precautions.

• Clinical and epidemiological performance of WHO Ebola case definitions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  Tags Ebola, R-Gen, R-Res&Pub, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Caleo, Grazia, Foivi Theocharaki, Kamalini Lokuge, Helen A. Weiss, Leena Inamdar, Francesco Grandesso, Kostas Danis, Biagio Pedalino, Gary Kobinger, Armand Sprecher, Jane Greig, and Gian Luca Di Tanna.
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-06-25
  Description: Ebola virus disease case definition is a crucial surveillance tool to detect suspected cases for referral and as a screening tool for clinicians to support admission and laboratory testing decisions at Ebola health facilities. We aimed to assess the…

• MEDICAL-TECHNICAL SPECIALIST: BIOLOGICAL/INFECTIOUS DISEASE

  Tags EMS, Example, HICS, R-EMS
  Creator: California Emergency Medical Services Authority
  Subject: Emergency Medical Services
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2014
  Description: Hospital Incident Command System – Job Action Sheets – Medical-Technical Specialists - Biological/Infectious Disease

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• Treatment outcome, survival and their risk factors among new tuberculosis patients co-infected with HIV during the Ebola outbreak in Conakry/L’issue du traitement, la survie et ses facteurs de risque chez les nouveaux tuberculeux co-infectés par le VIH pendant l’épidémie d’Ebola à Conakry

  Tags Co-infection, Ebola, Français, French, R-Res&Pub, Survivors
  Creator: Camara A, Sow MS, Touré A, Diallo OH, Kaba I, Bah B, Diallo TH, Diallo MS, Guilavogui T, Sow OY.
  Subject: Contenu Français
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-11-01
  Description: Mortality among TB/HIV co-infected patients remains high in Africa. The study aimed to estimate survival and associated factors in a cohort of TB/HIV co-infected patients who started tuberculosis treatment during the Ebola outbreak in Conakry,…

• Assessing Viral Transfer During Doffing of Ebola-Level Personal Protective Equipment in a Biocontainment Unit

  Tags Ebola, Gloves, Internal Transport, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-IIT, R-PM, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Trained Observer, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Casanova, L. M., K. Erukunuakpor, C. S. Kraft, J. M. Mumma, F. T. Durso, A. N. Ferguson, C. L. Gipson, V. L. Walsh, C. Zimring, J. DuBose, J. T. Jacob, Control Centers for Disease, and Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion Prevention Epicenters…
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-05
  Description: The 2014–2015 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) placed healthcare workers (HCWs) at high risk for acquiring EVD during patient care.

• Vaccine development during global epidemics: the Zika experience

  Tags Epidemic, Outbreaks, Pandemic, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub, Vaccine Study
  Creator: Castanha, Priscila M. S., and Ernesto T. A. Marques.
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-05-06
  Description: The North and South American continents experienced a major epidemic of Zika virus in 2015–16, which infected up to 70% of the population in some areas.