Browse Items (224 total)

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  Persistence of Ebola Virus in Ocular Fluid during Convalescence

  Tags Ebola, Eye/Ocular Health, Follow up, Infection Prevention and Control, Laboratory Testing, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling, Survivors
  Creator: Varkey, J. B., J. G. Shantha, I. Crozier, C. S. Kraft, G. M. Lyon, A. K. Mehta, G. Kumar, J. R. Smith, M. H. Kainulainen, S. Whitmer, U. Stroher, T. M. Uyeki, B. S. Ribner and S. Yeh
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-06-18
  Description: Among the survivors of Ebola virus disease (EVD), complications that include uveitis can develop during convalescence, although the incidence and pathogenesis of EVD-associated uveitis are unknown.This article was corrected in volume 372 on page…

• 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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  Two-Center Evaluation of Disinfectant Efficacy against Ebola Virus in Clinical and Laboratory Matrices

  Tags Decontamination, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Lab, Laboratory, Physical Infrastructure, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Terminal Clean
  Creator: Sophie J. Smither, Lin Eastaugh, Claire Marie Filone, Denise Freeburger, Artemas Herzog, M. Stephen Lever, David M. Miller, Dana Mitzel, James W. Noah, Mary S. Reddick-Elick, Amy Reese, Michael Schuit, Carly B. Wlazlowski, Michael Hevey, and Victoria…
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-01
  Description: Ebola virus (EBOV) in body fluids poses risk for virus transmission.
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  Effectiveness of Four Disinfectants against Ebola Virus on Different Materials

  Tags Decontamination, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, NSPS 1, NSPS 2, NSPS 3, NSPS 4, Physical Infrastructure, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Terminal Clean
  Creator: Smither, S., Phelps, A., Eastaugh, L., Ngugi, S., O’Brien, L., Dutch, A., & Lever, M. S.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-08-04
  Description: The West Africa Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak has highlighted the need for effective disinfectants capable of reducing viral load in a range of sample types, equipment and settings.This article was corrected in Erratum on August 4, 2016.
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  Implementation of an educational program for nursing students amidst the Ebola virus disease epidemic

  Tags Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Just in Time training (JIT), Nursing, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-T&E, Training
  Creator: Ferranti, E. P., L. Wands, K. A. Yeager, B. Baker, M. K. Higgins, J. L. Wold and S. B. Dunbar
  Subject: Training and Exercises
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-08
  Description: Implementation of an educational program for nursing students amidst the Ebola virus disease epidemic

• Ebola surgical protocols enhance safety of patients and personnel

  Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Occupational Health, Patient Care, Patient Transport, R-IPC, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Surgery
  Creator: Mathias, J. M.
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-04-30
  Description: In the months since Ebola patients were first treated in US hospitals, much progress has been made in establishing protocols to protect patients and healthcare workers from harm.

• Ebola's Legacy: Children with Cataracts

  Tags Ebola, Eye/Ocular Health, Follow up, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, Public Health, R-T&C, Survivors
  Creator: New York Times
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2017-10-19
  Description: Grady, Denise. 2017. "Ebola's Legacy: Children with Cataracts." New York Times [October 19, 2017].
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  After the Ebola Outbreak: Lessons Learned

  Tags Critical Care, Ebola, Experimental Drugs, Follow up, Infection Prevention and Control, Nursing, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Prophylaxis, R-PPE, Survivors, Therapeutics, Training, Translational Research
  Creator: Loftus, Mary (editor), Emory Medicine
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2018-02-20
  Description: In the wake of caring for four patients with active Ebola virus in 2014, Emory clinicians have taken stock of lessons learned in infectious disease prevention, therapeutic care, and health aftereffects and are sharing that information broadly with…

• Clinical challenges in isolation care.

  Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Critical Care, Infection Prevention and Control, Nursing, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C
  Creator: Beam, E., S. G. Gibbs, A. L. Hewlett, P. C. Iwen, S. L. Nuss and P. W. Smith
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-04-01
  Description: In 2014, the authors published the results of a study investigating nurses' use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the care of a live simulated patient requiring contact and airborne precautions. 
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  Sustainability of High-Level Isolation Capabilities among US Ebola Treatment Centers

  Tags Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Public Health, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, State Treatment Center
  Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, K. C. Jelden, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-01
  Description: To identify barriers to maintaining and applying capabilities of US high-level isolation units (HLIUs) used during the Ebola virus disease outbreak, during 2016 we surveyed HLIUs.