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  Specimen Collection and CDC Laboratory Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

  Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Example, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, MERS-CoV, R-Lab, Specimen Collection
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2024-03-18
  Description: Before collecting and handling specimens for MERS-CoV testing, determine whether the person meets the current definition for a "patient under investigation" PUI for MERS-CoV infection. On This Page: Testing for MERS-CoV Collecting, Handling, and…

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• Emergency Department Processes for the Evaluation and Management of Persons Under Investigation for Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Diagnosis, Ebola, Emergency Department, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-IIT, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Travel Screening, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Wadman, M. C., S. S. Schwedhelm, S. Watson, J. Swanhorst, S. G. Gibbs, J. J. Lowe, P. C. Iwen, A. K. Hayes, S. Needham, D. W. Johnson, D. J. Kalin, W. G. Zeger and R. L. Muelleman
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-09-01
  Description: Due to the recent Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, patients with epidemiologic risk for Ebola virus disease and symptoms consistent with Ebola virus disease are presenting to emergency departments (EDs) and clinics in the United States.
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  Clinical management and infection control of SARS: lessons learned.

  Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Infection Prevention and Control, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, SARS
  Creator: Cheng, Vincent C. C., Jasper F. W. Chan, Kelvin K. W. To, and K. Y. Yuen.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2013-11
  Description: The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 was the first emergence of an important human pathogen in the 21st century.

• 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…

• National Model EMS Clinical Guidelines

  Tags Clinical Care, Clinical Care Guidelines, EMS, Guidance Document, R-EMS
  Creator: NASEMSO Medical Directors Council
  Subject: Emergency Medical Services
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2019-01
  Description: These guidelines will be maintained by NASEMSO to facilitate the creation of state and local EMS system clinical guidelines, protocols or operating procedures. System medical directors and other leaders are invited to harvest content as will be…