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Creator: NETEC
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Webinar
Date Last Updated: 2023-06-30
Description: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A (H5N1) virus is widespread among wild birds, and the current outbreak has led to outbreaks in commercial poultry and backyard flocks. The virus has also been detected in several mammal species, although… -
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: 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…Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
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Creator: CDC
Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
Item Type: Checklist
Date Last Updated: 2019-08-02
Description: All U.S. healthcare facilities need to be prepared for new and emerging infectious disease threats such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). All hospitals should be equipped and ready to care for a limited number of infected… -
Creator: Bogucki, S., and A. Isakov.
Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-05
Description: Many months into a still-worsening epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in three West African nations, the U.S. health care system was challenged by its first undiagnosed EVD patient presenting to a hospital emergency department (ED) in Dallas,… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Webinar
Date Last Updated: 2023-11-15
Description: Climate Change and Vector-Borne Disease. Exploring the Impact on Disease Epidemiology, Emerging Pathogens, and Clinical Preparedness.Join us for this NETEC webinar as guest experts give an overview of how climate change and environmental factors… -
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…Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
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Creator: ASPR
Subject: General
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2021-03
Description: Regional Ebola and Other Special Pathogen Treatment Centers COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Emergency Supplement Performance Measures by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and… -
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: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Network for Public Health Law
Subject: General
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2019-07-18
Description: This primer provides key information on the 2018-2019 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including international response efforts, U.S. preparedness and response, an outline of the major legal challenges, and emergency legal…