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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 -
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… -
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. -
Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, K. C. Jelden, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2017-10-01
Description: The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa prompted a select group of US hospitals to establish high-level isolation units equipped with advanced engineering controls, trained staff, and stringent protocols to safely treat highly infectious disease… -
Creator: Hewlett, A. L., J. B. Varkey, P. W. Smith and B. S. Ribner
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-08-01
Description: This review details infection control issues encountered in the management of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD), with emphasis on how these issues were confronted in two biocontainment patient care units in the United States. -
Creator: Hill, C. E., E. M. Burd, C. S. Kraft, E. L. Ryan, A. Duncan, A. M. Winkler, J. C. Cardella, J. C. Ritchie and T. G. Parslow
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2014-08-01
Description: Two adult United States (US) nationals contracted the Ebola virus while on a humanitarian mission in Africa amidst a large Ebola outbreak there. -
Creator: Isakov, A., A. Jamison, W. Miles and B. Ribner
Subject: Pre-Hospital
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2014-12-02
Description: Health care workers (HCWs) in the emergency medical services (EMS) and hospital settings often encounter patients infected with dangerous communicable diseases. -
Creator: Isakov, A., W. Miles, S. Gibbs, J. Lowe, A. Jamison and R. Swansiger
Subject: Pre-Hospital
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-09-01
Description: The foundation of safe care for patients with confirmed or suspected Ebola virus disease is effective infection control practice, which requires implementation of appropriate administrative policies, work practices, and environmental controls,… -
Creator: Kortepeter, M. G., T. J. Cieslak, E. H. Kwon, P. W. Smith, C. J. Kratochvil and A. L. Hewlett
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2017-09-20
Description: We read with interest the recent paper by Petti et al. entitled “Ebola Virus Infection among Western Healthcare Workers Unable to Recall the Transmission Route”... -
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.