Browse Items (110 total)

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  Chain of Infection

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Chain of infection, Contact Transmission, Droplet Transmission, Epidemiology, Public Health, R-IPC
  Creator: CDC and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2012-05
  Description: Lesson 1: Introduction to Epidemiology, Section 10: Chain of Infection from Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice, Third Edition An Introduction to Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
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  Ebola hemorrhagic fever in 2014: the tale of an evolving epidemic.

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, Public Health, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Del Rio, C., A. K. Mehta, G. M. Lyon, 3rd and J. Guarner
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2014-11-18
  
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  Nebraska Biocontainment Unit perspective on disposal of Ebola medical waste

  Tags Autoclave, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Public Health, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Waste
  Creator: Lowe, J. J., S. G. Gibbs, S. S. Schwedhelm, J. Nguyen and P. W. Smith
  Subject: Waste Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2014-12-01
  
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  Ebola virus: a clear and present danger.

  Tags Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Public Health, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Burd, E. M.
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-01-01
  Description: An epidemic of Ebola virus disease is occurring in Western Africa on a scale not seen before, particularly in the countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. 
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  Initial Costs of Ebola Treatment Centers in the United States

  Tags Ebola, Isolation/Biocontainment, Physical Infrastructure, Public Health, R-Lead, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, State Treatment Center
  Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, S. G. Gibbs, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: Physical Infrastructure
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-02-01
  

• Current Capabilities and Capacity of Ebola Treatment Centers in the United States

  Tags Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Public Health, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, State Treatment Center
  Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-03-01
  Description: To describe current Ebola treatment center (ETC) locations, their capacity to care for Ebola virus disease patients, and infection control infrastructure features. 
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  "Knowledge and attitudes of healthcare workers towards a suspect case of Ebola virus disease/Conocimientos y aptitudes del personal sanitario frente a sospecha de caso de enfermedad por el virus del Ébola"

  Tags Contact Transmission, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Epidemiology, Español, Infection Prevention and Control, Outbreaks, Public Health, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, Spanish, Staff Support, Staffing, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Gómez-Romero FJ, Gómez-García JM, Arencibia-Jiménez M, Delgado-de Los Reyes JA, Sarmiento-Sempere R, García-Abad I, Vicedo-Cano R, Pérez-Torregrosa G, Navarro-Gracia JF.
  Subject: Elementos en Español
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-04-01
  Description: The last outbreak of the Ebola virus disease, was a precedent to demonstrate the necessary training of healthcare personnel for possible eventualities of suspected cases of infectious diseases. It is required to study the level of…
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  Preparing for Serious Communicable Diseases in the United States: What the Ebola Virus Epidemic Has Taught Us

  Tags Antibodies, Contact Transmission, Critical Care, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Epidemic, Infection Prevention and Control, Outbreaks, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Prophylaxis, Public Health, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics, Vaccine Study, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Varkey, J. B. and B. S. Ribner
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-06-01
  Description: Ending the West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak required an unprecedented international response.
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  Ebola Virus Persistence in Semen of Male Survivors

  Tags Ebola, Follow up, Laboratory Testing, Public Health, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling, Survivors, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Uyeki, T. M., B. R. Erickson, S. Brown, A. K. McElroy, D. Cannon, A. Gibbons, T. Sealy, M. H. Kainulainen, A. J. Schuh, C. S. Kraft, A. K. Mehta, G. M. Lyon, 3rd, J. B. Varkey, B. S. Ribner, R. T. Ellison, 3rd, E. Carmody, G. J. Nau, C. Spiropoulou,…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-06-15
  Description: We investigated the duration of Ebola virus (EBOV) RNA and infectious EBOV in semen specimens of 5 Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors.

• Community Engagement in Ethics and Ebola

  Tags Communications, Ebola, Epidemic, Ethics, Legal, Outbreaks, Patient Care, Public Health, Quarantine, R-Gen, Research
  Creator: Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2016-07-13
  Description: A learning module for students to discuss, identify, and consider issues related to community engagement in public health emergency planning and response.