Browse Items (158 total)

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  Are We There Yet? Laboratory Preparedness for Emerging Infectious Diseases.

  Tags Diagnosis, Infection Prevention and Control, Lab, Laboratory, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-Lab, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Burnham, C. D., J. H. Kwon, E. M. Burd, S. Campbell, P. C. Iwen and M. B. Miller
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-11-10
  Description: We have asked 4 experts in this field to share their thoughts on contemporary challenges in laboratory preparedness for emerging infectious diseases.
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  Safety considerations in the laboratory testing of specimens suspected or known to contain Ebola virus

  Tags Biosafety, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-Lab, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Handling
  Creator: Iwen, P. C., P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett, C. J. Kratochvil, S. J. Lisco, J. N. Sullivan, S. G. Gibbs, J. J. Lowe, P. D. Fey, V. L. Herrera, A. R. Sambol, J. L. Wisecarver and S. H. Hinrichs
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-01-01
  Description: Reference to the Ebola virus causes concern among all individuals, whether from the public or within the medical community.

• Lessons learned: critical care management of patients with Ebola in the United States

  Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Critical Care, Ebola, Example, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Phlebotomy, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Therapeutics
  Creator: Johnson, D. W., J. N. Sullivan, C. A. Piquette, A. L. Hewlett, K. L. Bailey, P. W. Smith, A. C. Kalil and S. J. Lisco
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-06-01
  Description: This report will describe the preparations for and the provision of care of two patients with Ebola virus disease in the biocontainment unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

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• 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…
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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…

• Advancing Preparedness for Highly Hazardous Contagious Diseases: Admitting 10 Simulated Patients with MERS-CoV

  Tags Exercises and Drills, Intake, MERS-CoV, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Public Health, R-T&E, Respiratory Pathogen, Special Pathogens, Staffing, Staffing Model, Surge, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Vasa, A., P. W. Smith, M. Schwedhelm, T. J. Cieslak, J. Lowe, C. J. Kratochvil, E. L. Beam, K. Boulter and A. Hewlett
  Subject: Training and Exercises
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-08-01
  Description: The Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016 highlighted the need for the development of a more robust healthcare infrastructure in the United States to provide isolation care for patients infected with a highly hazardous contagious disease.

• 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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  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
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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.