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Creator: Le, A. B., P. D. Biddinger, P. W. Smith, J. J. Herstein, D. A. Levy, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
Subject: General
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2017-06-01
Description: During the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the United States responded by stratifying hospitals into 1 of 3 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-designated categories-based on the hospital's ability to identify, isolate, assess,… -
Creator: Theodore J Cieslak, Jocelyn J Herstein, Mark G Kortepeter, Angela L Hewlett
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-08-22
Description: Although the concept of high-level containment care (HLCC or ‘biocontainment’), dates back to 1969, the 2014–2016 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) brought with it a renewed emphasis on the use of specialized HLCC units in the care of patients… -
Creator: Angela Vasa, Syra Madad, LuAnn Larson, Colleen S. Kraft, Sharon Vanairsdale, Jonathan D. Grein, Jennifer Garland, Virginia “Madison” Butterworth, and Christopher J. Kratochvil.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-02-19
Description: The use of investigational therapeutics in the care of patients with Ebola virus disease was documented in the literature following the 2013-2016 outbreak. In order to access these types of therapeutics, facilities must have processes in place to… -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Protocol
Date Last Updated: 2016-12-01
Description: This protocol has been developed to guide the sequence and type of laboratory testing to be undertaken in situations involving specimens from patients with acute, generalized vesicular or pustular rash illness, or suspected smallpox vaccine (vaccinia…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: Florescu, D. F., A. C. Kalil, A. L. Hewlett, A. J. Schuh, U. Stroher, T. M. Uyeki and P. W. Smith
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-09-15
Description: From 2014 to May 2015, >26 000 Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases were reported from West Africa. -
Creator: Iwen, P. C., J. L. Garrett, S. G. Gibbs, J. J. Lowe, V. L. Herrera, A. R. Sambol, K. Stiles, J. L. Wisecarver, K. J. Salerno, S. J. Pirruccello and S. H. Hinrichs
Subject: Laboratory
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2014-11-01
Description: Beginning in 2003, the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha developed a laboratory capability plan in conjunction with the creation of a biocontainment unit (BCU) for treatment of patients harboring emerging infectious organisms. -
Creator: Errett, Nicole A., Lauren M. Sauer, and Lainie Rutkow.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02
Description: In our increasingly interconnected world, the potential for emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) to spread globally is of paramount concern. -
Creator: Guest, T., G. Tantam, N. Donlin, K. Tantam, H. McMillan, and A. Tillyard.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2009-10-09
Description: We assessed the impact of a United Kingdom government‐recommended triage process, designed to guide the decision to admit patients to intensive care during an influenza pandemic, on patients in a teaching hospital intensive care unit. -
Creator: Herstein, Jocelyn J., Aurora B. Le, Lily A. McNulty, Sean A. Buehler, Paul D. Biddinger, Angela L. Hewlett, John J. Lowe, and Shawn G. Gibbs.
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-05
Description: In 2014, 56 US hospitals were designated as Ebola treatment centers (ETCs). ETCs had minimum augmented capability requirements for Ebola virus disease care, including for staffing and training. We sought to identify current ETC staffing challenges…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.