Browse Items (27 total)

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  NYC Health + Hospitals Special Pathogens Response Matrix

  Tags Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), Ebola, Flu, Influenza, Lassa, Marburg, MERS-CoV, Mpox, Plague, Protocol, R-EM, SARS, Special Pathogens, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: NYC Health + Hospitals
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2023-12-15
  Description: Matrix with response to different special pathogens.
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  MERS-CoV: public health investigation and management of possible cases: Investigation and public health management of possible cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

  Tags MERS-CoV, Procedure, Protocol, R-T&C, Respiratory Pathogen, Zoonotic
  Creator: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2018-08-07
  Description: Algorithm on public health investigation and management of possible cases of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus).
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  Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) or Orthopox Virus ~ ED Screening Protocol

  Tags Ebola, Emergency Department, Identify, Inform, Isolate, Orthopox Virus, Procedure, Process, Protocol, R-IIT, R-Lead, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2021-09
  Description: This Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) or Orthopox Virus ~ ED Screening Protocol is the updated version of the Nebraska - Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Resources - Ebola Viral Disease ED Screening Protocol-Main Campus
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  MERS-CoV ED Screening Algorithm

  Tags Emergency Department, Identify, Inform, Isolate, Leadership Toolbox, MERS-CoV, Mitigation Tools, Procedure, Process, Protocol, R-IIT, R-Lead
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2019-05-08
  Description: Leadership Toolbox, Mitigation: MERS Co-V ED Screening Protocol, Nebraska Medical Center

• Patient Isolation and Transportation - ISO-POD Update: AirBoss Defense Advantage

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Isopod, Patient Transport, Portable Isolation Unit, Protocol, R-IIT, R-PreH, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine / Heroes
  Subject: Pre-Hospital
  Item Type: Video
  Date Last Updated: 2017-11-27
  Description: An ISOPOD is a device used in the transportation of a potentially infectious patient, either internally at a facility, or from one facility to another. In this video Brittany Nordby, RN, BSN, EMT, Project Coordinator for HEROES, provides an…
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  Waste Removal Process (Categories A and B)

  Tags Autoclave, Infection Prevention and Control, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), Protocol, R-WM, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Waste Management
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Waste Management
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2017-12-01
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To provide guidance for removing waste items from the NBU.
  
  Policy number 1167
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  Laundry Policy (VHF)

  Tags Decontamination, Infection Prevention and Control, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), Protocol, R-IPC, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-06-01
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To prevent the potential transmission of highly hazardous communicable diseases through contaminated laundry.
  
  Policy number 1166
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  Isopod Setup

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Isopod, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), Patient Transport, Portable Isolation Unit, Protocol, R-EMS, R-PreH, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Pre-Hospital
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-07-01
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: Instructions on how to set-up the Isopod to allow for the safe transportation of a patient with a highly hazardous communicable disease.
  
  Policy number 1163
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  Isopod Cleaning and Storage

  Tags Decontamination, Infection Prevention and Control, Isopod, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), Portable Isolation Unit, Protocol, R-IIT, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-04-01
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To insure the Isopod is charged and ready for use when needed and to safely dispose of the Isopod after use.
  
  Policy number 1162
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  Obtaining and Processing Laboratory Specimens

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Lab, Laboratory, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), Protocol, R-Lab, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling, Specimen Transport, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-01
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To obtain and process laboratory specimens while maintaining infection control practices.
  
  Policy number 1210