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  Decedent Management Considerations for Confirmed or Suspected Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF)

  Tags Decedent Management, Infection Prevention and Control, R-DM, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Waste
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Decedent Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2024-04-04
  Description: Viruses can be found in the bodies of patients who die of VHF and can be transmitted in postmortem care settings through direct handling of human remains without recommended personal protective equipment (PPE) and through splashes of blood or other…

• U.S. Medical Examiner/Coroner capability to handle highly infectious decedents.

  Tags Decedent Management, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-DM, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Le, Aurora B., Erin G. Brooks, Lily A. McNulty, James R. Gill, Jocelyn J. Herstein, Janelle Rios, Scott J. Patlovich, Katelyn C. Jelden, Kendra K. Schmid, John J. Lowe, and Shawn G. Gibbs.
  Subject: Decedent Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-11-06
  Description: In the United States of America, Medical Examiners and Coroners (ME/Cs) investigate approximately 20% of all deaths. Unexpected deaths, such as those occurring due to a deceased person under investigation for a highly infectious disease, are likely…

• Ebola virus disease: implications for solid organ transplantation

  Tags Antibodies, Contact Transmission, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, R-DM, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Virology
  Creator: Kaul, D. R., A. K. Mehta, C. R. Wolfe, E. Blumberg, and M. Green
  Subject: Decedent Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-01
  Description: The authors recommend a simple, common‐sense approach to screening deceased and living donors for exposure to Ebola virus and thus reducing the risk of Ebola virus transmission from organ donor to recipient.
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  Handling Infectious Human Remains (BioSeal System)

  Tags Decedent Management, Decontamination, Equipment and Supplies, Infection Prevention and Control, Protocol, Public Health, R-DM, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Decedent Management
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2021-03
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To provide a safe method for the removal of infectious human remains from the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU).
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  Facilitator Guide: Decedent Management

  Tags Bioseal, Decedent Management, Infection Prevention and Control, Leadership Toolbox, Other Tools, Patient Transport, R-DM, Training
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Training and Exercises
  Item Type: Exercise
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-25
  Description: Leadership Toolbox, More Tools: MESL - Master Event Scenario List - Decedent Management

• A gap analysis of the United States death care sector to determine training and education needs pertaining to highly infectious disease mitigation and management

  Tags Decedent Management, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Public Health, R-DM, Special Pathogens, Training, Waste
  Creator: Le, A. B., L. Witter, J. J. Herstein, K. C. Jelden, E. L. Beam, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: Decedent Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-09-01
  Description: A United States industry-specific gap analysis survey of the death care sector-which comprises organizations and businesses affiliated with the funeral industry and the handling of human remains- was developed, the results analyzed, and training and…