Browse Items (99 total)

• Getting to zero in the DR Congo Ebola outbreak

  Tags Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C
  Creator: Dhillon, Ranu S., Devabhaktuni Srikrishna, and Gerardo Chowell.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-03-09
  Description: Any plan to stop the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo must be based on a quantitative understanding of the proportion of the at-risk population that needs to be protected by effective control measures for transmission to decline…

• Identify, Isolate, Inform Approach for High Consequence Infectious Diseases

  Tags High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID), Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, R-T&C, Treatment and Care
  Creator: National Infection Control Strengthening (NICS) project
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2023-08
  Description: As part of the CDC-funded National Infection Control Strengthening (NICS) project, experts in infection prevention and control, infectious diseases, emergency preparedness and management from NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue and the Massachusetts…
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  Considerations When Cleaning Assisted Living Facilities

  Tags Confidentiality, Disinfection, Environmental Services, Long-term Care, Novel Respiratory Pathogen, R-T&C
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2024-05-31
  Description: This is a printable flyer infographic with information on considerations when cleaning assisted living facilities.

• Transport of Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the Prone Position

  Tags Proning, R-T&C, Treatment and Care
  Creator: DellaVolpe, J. D., J. Lovett, C. Martin-Gill and F. X. Guyette
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-04-16
  Description: Objective: We present seven cases of patients with severe respiratory failure refractory to conventional ventilation who were safely transported in the prone position.

• Remdesivir (GS-5734) protects African green monkeys from Nipah virus challenge

  Tags Nipah (NiV), R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Remdesivir
  Creator: Michael K. Lo, Friederike Feldmann, Joy M. Gary, Robert Jordan, Roy Bannister, Jacqueline Cronin, Nishi R. Patel, John D. Klena, Stuart T. Nichol, Tomas Cihlar, Sherif R. Zaki, Heinz Feldmann, Christina F. Spiropoulou, and Emmie de Wit.
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-05-29
  Description: Nipah virus is an emerging pathogen in the Paramyxoviridae family. Upon transmission of Nipah virus from its natural reservoir, Pteropus spp. fruit bats, to humans, it causes respiratory and neurological disease with a case-fatality rate about 70%.

• Safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and immunogenicity of a human monoclonal antibody targeting the G glycoprotein of henipaviruses in healthy adults: a first-in-human, randomised, controlled, phase 1 study

  Tags Nipah (NiV), R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Trial
  Creator: Playford, E. G., T. Munro, S. M. Mahler, S. Elliott, M. Gerometta, K. L. Hoger, M. L. Jones, P. Griffin, K. D. Lynch, H. Carroll, D. El Saadi, M. E. Gilmour, B. Hughes, K. Hughes, E. Huang, C. de Bakker, R. Klein, M. G. Scher, I. L. Smith, L. F.…
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-04
  Description: The monoclonal antibody m102.4 is a potent, fully human antibody that neutralises Hendra and Nipah viruses in vitro and in vivo. We aimed to investigate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and immunogenicity of m102.4 in healthy adults.
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  Engineering Controls for Long term Care

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Long-term Care, Novel Respiratory Pathogen, Physical Infrastructure, R-T&C
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Physical Infrastructure
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2024-05-31
  Description: Engineering controls can be implemented to isolate people from a hazard and provide protection for long-term care residents and staff.
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  Evaluating Promising Investigational Medical Countermeasures: Recommendations in the Absence of Guidelines

  Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Clinical Trial, Ethics, Infection Prevention and Control, R-T&C, Research, Research Design, Special Pathogens, Therapeutics
  Creator: NETEC SPRN Medical Countermeasures Working Group
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-02-19
  Description: Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases pose growing global public health threats. However, research on and development of medical countermeasures (MCMs) for such pathogens is limited by the sporadic and unpredictable nature of outbreaks, lack…

• Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare

  Tags Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Public Health, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Smallpox
  Creator: Office of the Surgeon General, Borden Institute, US Army Medical Department Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence
  Subject: Training and Exercises
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-09-05
  Description: This is an open source text book for military medical educational use.

• Ebola virus disease channel

  Tags Ebola, Emergency Management, Epidemic, Infection Prevention and Control, Marburg, Outbreaks, Patient Care, Public Health, R-T&C, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: WHO
  Subject: Training and Exercises
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2025
  Description: Dive into specialized videos designed to equip frontline healthcare workers with the knowledge and skills to manage control and respond effectively to Ebola virus disease outbreaks. Learn the critical strategies and protocols to prevent the spread of…