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Creator: CDC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2020-06-03
Description: A variety of infection control guidance for healthcare professionals about COVID-19: Guidance Infection Control Guidance Postmortem Guidance Guidance by Facility Type Alternate Care Sites Ambulatory Care Settings Blood and Plasma…Conservation strategies: This resource contains recommendations facilitating conservation of equipment and supplies during contingency (expected shortages) and crisis (known shortages) capacities and should not be applied as guidance when conventional capacities are available.
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Creator: Jones, Rachael M., Susan C. Bleasdale, Dayana Maita, and Lisa M. Brosseau, for the C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-01
Description: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is a primary strategy to protect health care personnel (HCP) from infectious diseases. When transmission-based PPE ensembles are not appropriate, HCP must recognize the transmission pathway of the disease and… -
Creator: Thomasian NM, Madad S, Hick JL, Ranney ML, Biddinger PD.
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-07-27
Description: The Hospital Surge Preparedness and Response Index is an all-hazards template developed by a group of emergency management and disaster medicine experts from the United States. The objective of the Hospital Surge Preparedness and Response Index is to… -
Creator: Tolf, Eleanor, and Syra Madad.
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-06-18
Description: The purpose of this evaluation was to determine the effect of intensive, interactive training on hospital workers’ preparedness for special pathogen cases by utilizing the Frontline Facility Special Pathogens Training Course created by the Systemwide… -
Creator: DiLorenzo, M. A., C. A. Baker, J. J. Herstein, L. Evans, J. J. Lowe, S. G. Gibbs, and N. Bhadelia.
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-02-15
Description: In response to the 2013-2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak, the US government designated certain healthcare institutions as Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) to better prepare for future emerging infectious disease outbreaks. This study investigated ETC… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2020-12-09
Description: This printable flyer infographic discusses the use of the HICS system with COVID-19. HICS helps hospitals prepare, mitigate, respond, and recover from an event that disrupts normal operations or threatens life, property, or the enivironment. -
Creator: Flinn, Jade B., Noreen A. Hynes, Lauren M. Sauer, Lisa L. Maragakis, and Brian T. Garibaldi.
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-09-04
Description: In response to the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016, the US Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) established 10 regional treatment centers, called biocontainment units (BCUs) to prepare and provide care for patients… -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Guide
Description: Guidance and tools to help school administrators make decisions, protect their students and staff, and communicate with their communities. Includes the Considerations for K-12 Schools: Readiness and Planning Tool.
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Creator: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Subject: General
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-27
Description: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) is rapidly developing and deploying resources to respond to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This page includes COVID-19 Response Resources and Guidelines. -
Creator: Madad, Syra, Joshua Moskovitz, Matthew R. Boyce, Nicholas V. Cagliuso, and Rebecca Katz.
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-16
Description: Over the past century, society has achieved great gains in medicine, public health, and health-care infrastructure, particularly in the areas of vaccines, antibiotics, sanitation, intensive care and medical technology.