Browse Items (53 total)

• 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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  Activation Checklist Example 1

  Tags Activation, Checklist, Example, Isolation/Biocontainment, Leadership Toolbox, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), R-T&E, Response Tools
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Training and Exercises
  Item Type: Checklist
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-25
  Description: Leadership Toolbox, Response: Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU) Activation Checklist

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  An Analysis of Organizational Trends within RESPTC Leadership Structures

  Tags Isolation/Biocontainment, Personnel Management, R-Lead
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Personnel Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2022-12-21
  Description: To support newly created State or Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Centers (RESPTCs) as they define their leadership structure, the Biocontainment (BCU) Leadership Workgroup, established by the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training…

• An update on US Ebola treatment center personnel management and training.

  Tags Ebola, Example, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-Lead, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens, Staff Rotation Schedules, Staffing
  Creator: Herstein, Jocelyn J., Aurora B. Le, Lily A. McNulty, Sean A. Buehler, Paul D. Biddinger, Angela L. Hewlett, John J. Lowe, and Shawn G. Gibbs.
  Subject: Physical Infrastructure
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-02-05
  Description: In 2014, 56 US hospitals were designated as Ebola treatment centers (ETCs). ETCs had minimum augmented capability requirements for Ebola virus disease care, including for staffing and training. We sought to identify current ETC staffing challenges…

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• 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…

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  Basic Guidance for Category A Waste Management in Special Pathogen Isolation

  Tags Category A, Guidance Document, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-WM, Special Pathogens, Waste, Waste Management
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Waste Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2024-08-20
  Description: This document provides essential guidance for managing Category A waste in special pathogen isolation scenarios. It outlines key waste management objectives including effective packaging securement of packaged waste and engaging relevant partners to…
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  BCU Competency White Paper

  Tags Category A, Core Competency, Infection Prevention and Control, Internal Transport, Isolation/Biocontainment, Lab, Laboratory, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-IPC, Spills, Waste Management
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Training and Exercises
  Item Type: Checklist
  Date Last Updated: 2022-10-10
  Description: This document serves as a training and education tool for centers who are interested in becoming or are currently a special pathogens treatment center to frame training plans. By utilizing the recommendations, curriculum can be developed to include…
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  BCU Core Competencies

  Tags Category A, Core Competency, Infection Prevention and Control, Internal Transport, Isolation/Biocontainment, Lab, Laboratory, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-IPC, Spills, Waste Management
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Training and Exercises
  Item Type: Checklist
  Date Last Updated: 2022-10-10
  Description: Biocontainment Unit Working Group Core Competency / Competencies chart diagram.
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  Bio Isolation Transfer Card (BIT) - Bellevue Hospital Center Example

  Tags Emergency Management, EMS, Ground Transport, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, Patient Transport, R-IIT
  Creator: Bellevue Hospital Center
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Checklist
  Date Last Updated: 2019
  Description: FDNY Transport to Hospital, Receiving Hospital to Treatment Hospital Transfer
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  Bio Isolation Transfer Card (BIT) - Emory Example

  Tags Biosafety, EMS, Internal Transport, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-IIT, Waste Management
  Creator: Emory
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Checklist
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-31
  Description: Emory University Hospital (EUH), Serious Communicable Diseases Unit (SCDU), Bio Isolation Transfer Card (BIT),
  EMS Transport to EUH SCDU