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Creator: NETEC
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2022-06-30
Description: This blog post provides a Clinical Perspective on Lassa Virus from NETEC experts. -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2019-08-29
Description: When treating a patient with Ebola virus disease, hospitals and health care providers must safely handle, transport, and dispose of waste. Dr. Shawn Gibbs, PhD, MBA, CIH executive associate dean and professor with Indiana University School of Public… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2021-07-19
Description: NETEC recommends the “Identify, Isolate, and Inform” strategy. In this article, we provide a quick list of transmission precautions, PPE, waste, and other medical countermeasures. -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Emergency Medical Services
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2021-07-23
Description: On July 8-9 a U.S. citizen traveled from Nigeria to Dallas, TX, via Atlanta, GA. On July 13 the patient presented to an emergency department for a rash that had been present since July 7. The patient was diagnosed with Mpox and isolated.This blog… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Emergency Medical Services
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2022-05-19
Description: It is very unlikely that EMS clinicians will encounter a person infected with Mpox during routine operations, however EMS professionals should follow an identify, isolate, and inform strategy to prevent the spread of illness. This blog post covers… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Emergency Medical Services
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2022-10-19
Description: This blog post covers considerations related to EMS.While it is unlikely that emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in the United States will encounter a person infected with Ebola virus during routine operations, an Ebola outbreak reported… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2022-10-07
Description: This NETEC blog post discusses the Sudan ebolavirus outbreak in Uganda, differences and similarities among ebolavirus Species, the Identify, Isolate, and Inform process, and infection control and waste management. -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2022-10-11
Description: This NETEC blog post discusses how Ebola is diagnosed in the laboratory, what to do if Ebola is suspected, assessing the risks prior to specimen collection, collecting and shipping clinical specimens, and managing and testing routine clinical… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2022-06-29
Description: On this episode of Transmission Interrupted, we welcome Dr. Jared Evans, Dr. Aneesh Mehta, and Dr. Vanessa Rabbe—members of NETEC’s Special Pathogen Research Network—to discuss their recent manuscript entitled, “Lassa Virus Infection: a Summary for… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2022-06-13
Description: This blog post covers infection control, biocontainment, PPE, and related topics for Lassa Fever patients. Because of the high degree of mortality associated with infection, patients infected with or suspected to be infected with Lassa virus should…