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Biocontainment Units: Moving to the Next Phase of Evolution

Creator: Mark G. Kortepeter and Theodore J. Cieslak
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-02-06
Description: The concept and belief in the idea of “biocontainment” has undergone significant evolution during the past 20 years.

Tags: Biosafety, Peer-reviewed, Research

NETEC - Online Course - Special Pathogens of Concern: Ebola Virus Disease

Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-09-10
Description: It is critical that healthcare personnel have knowledge of Ebola and the implications for healthcare delivery in a biocontainment unit (BCU). In this course, learners will be able to describe pathogen-related factors that may warrant treatment in a…

Tags: Biosafety, Ebola, Isolate, Special Pathogens

NETEC - Online Course - Internal Communication

Creator: NETEC
Subject: Personnel Management
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-09-18
Description: This course will provide information on communication considerations when a facility is notified they will be receiving a patient with Ebola or other special pathogen. This will include information on communicating with staff, patients already in…

Tags: Biosafety, Communications, CONOPS, Special Pathogens, Staff Support, Staffing Model

Threading the NEIDL (National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories)

Creator: American Society for Microbiology
Subject: Research
Item Type: Video
Date Last Updated: 2018-01-02
Description: This video explores the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) security, a Biological Safety Level (BSL)-4 safety suit, and the facility.

Tags: Basic Science Research, Biosafety, Ebola, Laboratory, Therapeutics, Vaccine Study, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

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

Creator: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subject: General
Item Type: In Person Course
Date Last Updated: 2017-10-01
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…

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, Special Pathogens, Therapeutics, Training, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Design Strategies to Improve Healthcare Worker Safety in Biocontainment Units: Learning from Ebola Preparedness

Creator: DuBose, J. R., Z. Matić, M. F. W. Sala, J. M. Mumma, C. S. Kraft, L. M. Casanova, K. Erukunuakpor, F. T. Durso, V. L. Walsh, P. Shah, C. M. Zimring and J. T. Jacob.
Subject: Personnel Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-06-18
Description: To identify ways that the built environment may support or disrupt safe doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE) in biocontainment units (BCU).

Tags: Biosafety, Occupational Health, Peer-reviewed, Staff Support

U.S. Ebola Treatment Center Clinical Laboratory Support

Creator: Jelden, K. C., P. C. Iwen, J. J. Herstein, P. D. Biddinger, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-04-01
Description: Fifty-five hospitals in the United States have been designated Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) by their state and local health authorities.

Tags: Biosafety, Diagnosis, Ebola, Isolation/Biocontainment, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, Peer-reviewed, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling

An integrated approach to laboratory testing for patients with Ebola virus disease

Creator: Iwen, P. C., J. L. Garrett, S. G. Gibbs, J. J. Lowe, V. L. Herrera, A. R. Sambol, K. Stiles, J. L. Wisecarver, K. J. Salerno, S. J. Pirruccello and S. H. Hinrichs
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2014-11-01

Tags: Biosafety, Ebola, Laboratorian, Laboratory, Occupational Health, Peer-reviewed, Specimen Handling

Surrogate Testing Suggests That Chlorine Dioxide Gas Exposure Would Not Inactivate Ebola Virus Contained in Environmental Blood Contamination

Creator: Lowe, J. J., A. L. Hewlett, P. C. Iwen, P. W. Smith and S. G. Gibbs
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-05-08
Description: The ability to decontaminate a room potentially containing the Ebola virus is important to healthcare facilities in the United States.

Tags: Biosafety, Ebola, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, Peer-reviewed, Specimen Handling

Safety considerations in the laboratory testing of specimens suspected or known to contain Ebola virus

Creator: Iwen, P. C., P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett, C. J. Kratochvil, S. J. Lisco, J. N. Sullivan, S. G. Gibbs, J. J. Lowe, P. D. Fey, V. L. Herrera, A. R. Sambol, J. L. Wisecarver and S. H. Hinrichs
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-01-01

Tags: Biosafety, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, Peer-reviewed, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Specimen Handling

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