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• Online Audiocasts From the SHEA/CDC ORTP (Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Outbreak Response Training Program) Regional Training Workshop

  Tags Behavioral Health, Biosafety, Clinical Care Guidelines, Communications, CONOPS, Diagnosis, Ebola, Emergency Management, Epidemic, Exercises and Drills, MERS-CoV, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Preparedness, Public Health, R-T&E, Special Pathogens, Therapeutics, Training, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Subject: General
  Item Type: In Person Course
  Date Last Updated: 2023-10-18
  Description: These audiocasts, recorded at the SHEA/CDC ORTP Regional Training Workshop, discuss successes and failures of past infectious disease outbreaks and offer insights into the key steps involved in preparing your facility for the next high-consequence…
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  Marburg Virus Disease

  Tags Epidemiology, Infection Prevention and Control, Marburg, R-IPC, R-T&C, Special Pathogens, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: United Kingdom Department of Health
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2021-08-12
  Description: Gov.uk Marburg guidelines. From: Public Health England Published: 5 September 2014 Marburg virus is one of two viruses of the Filovirus family which, along with Ebola virus, can cause a severe and fatal haemorrhagic fever (VHF).

• Enacting high reliability principles while caring for people with Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Fitness for Duty, Infection Prevention and Control, Nursing, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Personnel Management, R-PM, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Site Managers, Staff Retention, Staff Rotation Schedules, Staff Support, Staffing, Staffing Model, Trained Observer, Treatment and Care, Waste
  Creator: Jennings B. M., Yeager K. A., Feistritzer N. R., Gullatte M. M., Martyn K. K.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-18
  Description: Fear surrounds Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) because it is highly infectious. Yet members of the Serious Communicable Diseases Unit (SCDU) at Emory University Hospital (EUH) had to overcome that fear when caring for patients with EVD.