Browse Items (47 total)

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  EMS Infectious Disease Playbook

  Tags Airborne Transmission, CONOPS, Contact Transmission, Donning and Doffing, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Emergency Management, EMS, Infection Prevention and Control, MERS-CoV, Novel Pathogen, Patient Transport, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Pre-hospital Transport, R-EMS, R-PreH, Respiratory Pathogen, SARS, Special Pathogens, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: ASPR TRACIE
  Subject: Emergency Medical Services
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2023-06
  Description: ASPR TRACIE Transport playbook: This playbook synthesizes multiple sources of information in a single planning document addressing the full spectrum of infectious agents to create a concise reference resource for emergency medical services (EMS)…

• ASPR TRACIE SARS/MERS

  Tags Federal, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Lab, Laboratory, MERS-CoV, Patient Care, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Public Health, Quarantine, R-IPC, Respiratory Pathogen, SARS, Specimen Collection
  Creator: ASPR TRACIE
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-08
  Description: SARS/MERS | Technical Resources | TRACIE
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  How well do N95 respirators protect healthcare providers against aerosolized influenza virus?

  Tags Airborne Transmission, N95, Occupational Exposure, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: Bischoff, Werner E., JoLyn Turner, Gregory Russell, Maria Blevins, Engy Missaiel, and John Stehle.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-12-18
  Description: N95 respirator masks are recommended for protection against respiratory viruses.
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  Evaluation of Minnesota and Illinois hospital respiratory protection programs and health care worker respirator use.

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Mask, Masks, N95, Occupational Exposure, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: Brosseau, Lisa M., Lorraine M. Conroy, Margaret Sietsema, Kari Cline, and Kara Durski.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015
  Description: The objective of this study was to assess respiratory protection programs for aerosol-transmissible diseases in acute care hospitals for conformance with regulatory requirements and public health guidelines.

• Environmental Contact and Self-contact Patterns of Healthcare Workers: Implications for Infection Prevention and Control

  Tags Contact Transmission, Infection Prevention and Control, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: Respiratory viruses on fomites can be transferred to sites susceptible to infection via contact by hands or other fomites.

• CDC MERS-CoV

  Tags Federal, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Lab, Laboratory, MERS-CoV, Patient Care, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Public Health, Quarantine, R-IPC, Respiratory Pathogen, Specimen Collection
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-08
  Description: MERS-CoV | Home | Middle East Respiratory Syndrome | Coronavirus | CDC
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  Ecology of Emerging Zoonotic Diseases

  Tags Avian Influenza, Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), Ebola, Epidemic, Lassa, Marburg, Nipah (NiV), Outbreaks, Pandemic, Public Health, R-Gen, Respiratory Pathogen, SARS, Special Pathogens, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Zoonotic
  Creator: CDC, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (CDC OPHPR)
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2017-11-02
  Description: This webinar discusses Nipah virus and Ebola in terms of how human activity increases contact with wildlife and thus zoonotic disease emergence, and discusses interventions that reduce such risk.
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  Availability, consistency and evidence-base of policies and guidelines on the use of mask and respirator to protect hospital health care workers: a global analysis

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Guidance Document, Mask, Masks, N95, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen, SARS
  Creator: Chughtai, Abrar Ahmad, Holly Seale, and Chandini Raina MacIntyre.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2013-05-31
  Description: Currently there is an ongoing debate and limited evidence on the use of masks and respirators for the prevention of respiratory infections in health care workers (HCWs).

• Guidance on the use of respiratory and facial protection equipment.

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Guidance Document, Mask, Masks, N95, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: Coia, J. E., L. Ritchie, A. Adisesh, C. Makison Booth, C. Bradley, D. Bunyan, G. Carson, C. Fry, P. Hoffman, D. Jenkins, N. Phin, B. Taylor, J. S. Nguyen-Van-Tam, and M. Zuckerman.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2013-11
  Description: Infectious micro-organisms may be transmitted by a variety of routes, and some may be spread by more than one route.
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  Face masks to prevent transmission of influenza virus: a systematic review.

  Tags Flu, Infection Prevention and Control, Influenza, Mask, Masks, N95, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: Cowling, B. J., Y. Zhou, D. K. M. Ip, G. M. Leung, and A. E. Aiello.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2010-04
  Description: Influenza viruses circulate around the world every year. From time to time new strains emerge and cause global pandemics.