Browse Items (221 total)

• "Fact sheet on Ebola virus disease (updated May 2017)/Aide-mémoire sur la maladie à virus Ebola
  (mis à jour en mai 2017) "

  Tags Contact Transmission, Diagnosis, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Epidemiology, Français, French, Infection Prevention and Control, Outbreaks, R-Res&Pub, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: WHO
  Subject: Contenu Français
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-05-19
  Description: Fact Sheet of Ebola in French and English, updated May 2017.
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  "Knowledge and attitudes of healthcare workers towards a suspect case of Ebola virus disease/Conocimientos y aptitudes del personal sanitario frente a sospecha de caso de enfermedad por el virus del Ébola"

  Tags Contact Transmission, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Epidemiology, Español, Infection Prevention and Control, Outbreaks, Public Health, R-Res&Pub, Spanish, Staff Support, Staffing, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Gómez-Romero FJ, Gómez-García JM, Arencibia-Jiménez M, Delgado-de Los Reyes JA, Sarmiento-Sempere R, García-Abad I, Vicedo-Cano R, Pérez-Torregrosa G, Navarro-Gracia JF.
  Subject: Elementos en Español
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-04-01
  Description: The last outbreak of the Ebola virus disease, was a precedent to demonstrate the necessary training of healthcare personnel for possible eventualities of suspected cases of infectious diseases. It is required to study the level of…
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  "Outbreak of Ébola in Lunsar. Effectiveness of a socio-sanitary intervention/Rebrote de Ébola en Lunsar. Efectividad de una Intervención Socio-Sanitaria"

  Tags Ebola, Español, Infection Prevention and Control, Outbreaks, Public Health, Quarantine, R-Res&Pub, Spanish, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Rodríguez Navarro MJ, Ruiz Tárraga B, Benito Velasco MA, Montejano Lozoya R.
  Subject: Elementos en Español
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-08-30
  Description: The aim of this research is to analyze the effectiveness of an intervention based on contact tracing and monitoring the quarantine people.
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  A Cough Aerosol Simulator for the Study of Disease Transmission by Human Cough-Generated Aerosols

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Flu, Infection Prevention and Control, Influenza, Occupational Exposure, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Lindsley, William G., Jeffrey S. Reynolds, Jonathan V. Szalajda, John D. Noti, and Donald H. Beezhold.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2013
  Description: Aerosol particles expelled during human coughs are a potential pathway for infectious disease transmission. However, the importance of airborne transmission is unclear for many diseases.

• A gap analysis of the United States death care sector to determine training and education needs pertaining to highly infectious disease mitigation and management

  Tags Decedent Management, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Public Health, R-DM, Special Pathogens, Training, Waste
  Creator: Le, A. B., L. Witter, J. J. Herstein, K. C. Jelden, E. L. Beam, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: Decedent Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-09-01
  Description: A United States industry-specific gap analysis survey of the death care sector-which comprises organizations and businesses affiliated with the funeral industry and the handling of human remains- was developed, the results analyzed, and training and…

• A Gap Analysis Survey of US Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Members to Determine Highly Infectious Disease Training and Education Needs.

  Tags Emergency Department, EMS, Infection Prevention and Control, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Pre-hospital Transport, R-EMS, R-Res&Pub, Training
  Creator: Le, A. B., R. Herron, J. J. Herstein, K. C. Jelden, E. L. Beam, S. G. Gibbs, J. J. Lowe and T. D. Smith 
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-21
  Description: Despite lessons learned from the recent Ebola epidemic, attempts to survey and determine non-health care worker, industry-specific needs to address highly infectious diseases have been minimal.

• A Methodology for Determining Which Diseases Warrant Care in a High-Level Containment Care Unit

  Tags Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-Res&Pub, Research, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Theodore J Cieslak, Jocelyn J Herstein, Mark G Kortepeter, Angela L Hewlett
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-08-22
  Description: Although the concept of high-level containment care (HLCC or ‘biocontainment’), dates back to 1969, the 2014–2016 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) brought with it a renewed emphasis on the use of specialized HLCC units in the care of patients…
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  A pilot survey of the U.S. medical waste industry to determine training needs for safely handling highly infectious waste

  Tags Autoclave, Category A, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, R-WM, Special Pathogens, Training, Waste
  Creator: Le, A. B., S. Hoboy, A. Germain, H. Miller, R. Thompson, J. J. Herstein, K. C. Jelden, E. L. Beam, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: Waste Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-17
  Description: The recent Ebola outbreak led to the development of Ebola virus disease (EVD) best practices in clinical settings. However, after the care of EVD patients, proper medical waste management and disposal was identified as a crucial component to…
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  A systematic risk-based strategy to select personal protective equipment for infectious diseases

  Tags Equipment and Supplies, Example, Infection Prevention and Control, Occupational Exposure, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Preparedness, R-PPE, Supply Management
  Creator: Jones, Rachael M., Susan C. Bleasdale, Dayana Maita, and Lisa M. Brosseau, for the C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-01
  Description: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is a primary strategy to protect health care personnel (HCP) from infectious diseases. When transmission-based PPE ensembles are not appropriate, HCP must recognize the transmission pathway of the disease and…

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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…