Browse Items (148 total)

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  Containment Wrap in a Special Pathogen Isolation Area

  Tags Ebola, Internal Transport, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, Just in Time training (JIT), R-IIT, R-Lead, Skills Video, Special Pathogens
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Video
  Date Last Updated: 2018-12-18
  Description: In this video we identify the special considerations needed for transferring a patient infected with Ebola or other special pathogen in a containment wrap with equipment available in your facility. NETEC mission: To increase the capability of United…

• Emerging infectious agents/Agents infectieux émergents

  Tags Contact Transmission, Coronavirus, Diagnosis, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Epidemiology, Flu, Français, French, Infection Prevention and Control, Influenza, International Response, Public Health, R-Res&Pub, SARS, Special Pathogens, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Chidiac C, Ferry T.
  Subject: Contenu Français
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-11-01
  Description: De nombreuses maladies infectieuses émergentes ou ré-émergentes sont survenues au cours des dernières décennies, certaines posant des problèmes de santé publique majeurs. SRAS, MERS-CoV, grippe aviaire hautement pathogène A(H5N1), MERS-CoV, maladie à…
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  The Creation of a Biocontainment Unit at a Tertiary Care Hospital. The Johns Hopkins Medicine Experience.

  Tags Bioseal, Contact Transmission, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Region 3, Special Pathogens, Staff Rotation Schedules, Staffing
  Creator: Johns Hopkins
  Subject: Physical Infrastructure
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-05-01
  Description: In response to the 2014-2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa, Johns Hopkins Medicine created a biocontainment unit to care for patients infected with Ebola virus and other high-consequence pathogens.

• Grippe pandémique: Introduction

  Tags Flu, Français, French, Influenza, Pandemic, Public Health, R-Lead, Special Pathogens
  Creator: WHO
  Subject: Contenu Français
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2018
  Description: Online course created by the WHO. This course is also available in English.
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  Fièvre de Lassa: Introduction

  Tags Français, French, Lassa, Public Health, R-Lead, Special Pathogens, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: WHO
  Subject: Contenu Français
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2018
  Description: Online course created by the WHO. This course is also available in English.

• Ebola: Ressources de connaissances pour les intervenants

  Tags Communications, CONOPS, Decontamination, Donning and Doffing, Ebola, Emergency Department, Emergency Management, EMS, Français, French, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, International Response, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, Occupational Health, Patient Care, Patient Transport, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Physical Infrastructure, Pre-hospital Transport, Public Health, R-T&E, Special Pathogens, Staffing, Staffing Model, Training, Waste
  Creator: WHO
  Subject: Contenu Français
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2018
  Description: Online course created by the WHO. This course is also available in English.

• Ethically Sound

  Tags Ebola, Epidemic, Ethics, Legal, Outbreaks, Patient Care, Public Health, Quarantine, R-Gen, Research, Special Pathogens, Survivors
  Creator: Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2016-09-19
  Description: Episode of the 'Ethically Sound' podcast, discussing ethics and ebola.

• Guidance For Managing Ethical Issues In Infectious Disease Outbreaks

  Tags Ebola, Epidemic, Ethics, Legal, Outbreaks, Patient Care, Public Health, Quarantine, R-Gen, R-Res&Pub, Research, Special Pathogens, Survivors
  Creator: World Health Organization (WHO)
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-10-18
  Description: Infectious disease outbreaks are frequently characterized by scientific uncertainty, social and institutional disruption, and an overall climate of fear and distrust. Policy makers and public health professionals may be forced to weigh and prioritize…

• How to Steward Medical Countermeasures and Public Trust in an Emergency

  Tags Communications, Ebola, Prophylaxis, Public Health, Public Relations, R-EM, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens, Therapeutics
  Creator: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-11-07
  Description: Summary Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Ebola Chapter 3 - Fukushima Chapter 4 - H1N1 InfluenzaChapter 5 - Anthrax Letters Enhanced Accessibility
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  Planning Guidance for Handling Category A Solid Waste: Managing Solid Waste Contaminated with a Category A Infectious Substance

  Tags Category A, R-WM, Special Pathogens, Waste Management
  Creator: U.S. Department of Transportation
  Subject: Waste Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2024-04-01
  Description: What this is for: This Guidance is for safe handling of solid waste contaminated with a Category A infectious substance (henceforth, “contaminated waste”) and the proper management of inactivated Category A waste materials in the United States.* An…