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Creator: ASPR TRACIE
Subject: Emergency Medical Services
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2023-06
Description: ASPR TRACIE Transport playbook: This playbook synthesizes multiple sources of information in a single planning document addressing the full spectrum of infectious agents to create a concise reference resource for emergency medical services (EMS)… -
Creator: Baloh, Jure, Heather Schacht Reisinger, Kimberly Dukes, Jaqueline Pereira da Silva, Hugh P. Salehi, Melissa Ward, Emily E. Chasco, Priyadarshini R. Pennathur, and Loreen Herwaldt.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: Personal protective equipment (PPE) helps protect healthcare workers (HCWs) from pathogens and prevents cross-contamination. -
Creator: Beam, E. L., S. Schwedhelm, K. Boulter, C. Kratochvil, J. Lowe, A. Hewlett, S. G. Gibbs and P. W. Smith
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-03-01
Description: In response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak of 2014, specific procedures for personal protective equipment use were developed in the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit for the isolation care of patients with the illness. -
Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: The safe removal of personal protective equipment (PPE) can limit transmission of serious communicable diseases, but this process poses challenges to healthcare workers (HCWs). -
Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: Fluorescent tracers are often used with ultraviolet lights to visibly identify healthcare worker self-contamination after doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE). -
Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: More than 28 000 people were infected with Ebola virus during the 2014–2015 West African outbreak, resulting in more than 11 000 deaths. Better methods are needed to reduce the risk of self-contamination while doffing personal protective equipment… -
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Creator: CDC
Subject: Contenu Français
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2018-08-27
Description: CDC poster in French: Comment retirer des gants, Afin de vous protéger, suivez ces étapes pour retirer des gants. -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-09-13
Description: Few data exist to guide the physical design of biocontainment units, particularly the doffing area. -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Video
Date Last Updated: 2014-10-30
Description: Guidance for Donning and Doffing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) During Management of Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in U.S. HospitalsExample only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
