Browse Items (53 total)

• Application of the Incident Command System to the Hospital Biocontainment Unit Setting

  Tags Emergency Management, Example, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, Personnel Management, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, Staffing
  Creator: Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit Publishing Group
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-02-19
  Description: High-consequence pathogens create a unique problem. To provide effective treatment for infected patients while providing safety for the community, a series of 10 high-level isolation units have been created across the country; they are known as…

  Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.

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  Module 8: Transport during Highly Infectious Disease Investigations & Operational Considerations for Portable Isolation Units

  Tags Identify, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, Isopod, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Portable Isolation Unit, Pre-Hospital, Pre-hospital Transport, R-EMS, R-PreH, Special Pathogens
  Creator: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
  Subject: Emergency Medical Services
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-15
  Description: EID 4 EMT Free Video Training Series -
  Emerging Infectious Diseases Videos for Prehospital Providers -
  Transport during Highly Infectious Disease Investigations & Operational Considerations for Portable Isolation Units
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  Module 9: Transfer of Patient Care for Patients with Ebola and Highly Infectious Diseases and Introduction to Biocontainment Units

  Tags Ebola, Isolation/Biocontainment, Patient Care, Patient Transport, Pre-Hospital, Pre-hospital Transport, R-EMS, R-PreH, Special Pathogens
  Creator: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
  Subject: Emergency Medical Services
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-15
  Description: EID 4 EMT Free Video Training Series -
  Emerging Infectious Diseases Videos for Prehospital Providers -
  Transfer of Patient Care for Patients with Ebola and Highly Infectious Diseases and Introduction to Biocontainment Units

• Emory University Protocols

  Tags Autoclave, Donning and Doffing, Ebola, Emergency Department, Emergency Management, EMS, Example, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, Occupational Health, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Physical Infrastructure, R-PPE, Regional Treatment Center, Special Pathogens, Staffing, Staffing Model, Waste
  Creator: Emory
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-08
  Description: Resources - National Ebola Training and Education Center

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• Nebraska Biocontainment Unit website

  Tags Ebola, Isolation/Biocontainment, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), R-Lead, Special Pathogens
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-08
  Description: Resources - National Ebola Training and Education Center
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  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): CDC's Response to the West African Ebola Epidemic

  Tags Autoclave, Communications, CONOPS, Decontamination, Donning and Doffing, Ebola, Emergency Department, Emergency Management, EMS, Federal, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, Occupational Health, Patient Care, Patient Transport, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Physical Infrastructure, Pre-hospital Transport, Public Health, R-PPE, Special Pathogens, Staffing, Staffing Model, Training, Waste
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2024-04-23
  Description: U.S. Healthcare Workers and Settings | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC
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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. 

• Current Capabilities and Capacity of Ebola Treatment Centers in the United States

  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, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-03-01
  Description: To describe current Ebola treatment center (ETC) locations, their capacity to care for Ebola virus disease patients, and infection control infrastructure features. 

• The National Ebola Training and Education Center: Preparing the United States for Ebola and Other Special Pathogens

  Tags Ebola, Isolation/Biocontainment, NETEC, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, Special Pathogens, Training
  Creator: Kratochvil, C. J., L. Evans, B. S. Ribner, J. J. Lowe, M. C. Harvey, R. C. Hunt, A. J. Tumpey, R. P. Fagan, M. M. Schwedhelm, S. Bell, J. Maher, C. S. Kraft, N. V. Cagliuso, Sr., S. Vanairsdale, A. Vasa and P. W. Smith
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-01
  Description: The National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) was established in 2015 in response to the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa.

• Planning and response to Ebola virus disease: An integrated approach

  Tags Ebola, Emergency Management, EMS, Exercises and Drills, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-Lead, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, Staffing, Staffing Model, Training, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Smith, P. W., K. C. Boulter, A. L. Hewlett, C. J. Kratochvil, E. J. Beam, S. G. Gibbs, J. M. Lowe and M. M. Schwedhelm
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-05-01
  Description: The care of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) requires the application of critical care medicine principles under conditions of stringent infection control precautions.