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Creator: ASPR TRACIE
Subject: Emergency Medical Services
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2023-06
Description: ASPR TRACIE Transport playbook: This playbook synthesizes multiple sources of information in a single planning document addressing the full spectrum of infectious agents to create a concise reference resource for emergency medical services (EMS)… -
Creator: ASPR TRACIE
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2018
Description: Purpose: The Hospital Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Planning Tool is designed to help hospitals determine approximate minimum PPE needs based on special pathogen category and a number of facility specific variables. Calculators are included for… -
Creator: Baloh, Jure, Heather Schacht Reisinger, Kimberly Dukes, Jaqueline Pereira da Silva, Hugh P. Salehi, Melissa Ward, Emily E. Chasco, Priyadarshini R. Pennathur, and Loreen Herwaldt.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: Personal protective equipment (PPE) helps protect healthcare workers (HCWs) from pathogens and prevents cross-contamination. -
Creator: Beam, E. L., S. Schwedhelm, K. Boulter, C. Kratochvil, J. Lowe, A. Hewlett, S. G. Gibbs and P. W. Smith
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-03-01
Description: In response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak of 2014, specific procedures for personal protective equipment use were developed in the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit for the isolation care of patients with the illness. -
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: Brosseau, Lisa M., Lorraine M. Conroy, Margaret Sietsema, Kari Cline, and Kara Durski.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015
Description: The objective of this study was to assess respiratory protection programs for aerosol-transmissible diseases in acute care hospitals for conformance with regulatory requirements and public health guidelines. -
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. -
Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: Healthcare personnel (HCP) acquire antibiotic-resistant bacteria on their gloves and gowns when caring for intensive care unit (ICU) patients. -
Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: Respiratory viruses on fomites can be transferred to sites susceptible to infection via contact by hands or other fomites. -
Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: The safe removal of personal protective equipment (PPE) can limit transmission of serious communicable diseases, but this process poses challenges to healthcare workers (HCWs).
