Browse Items (132 total)

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  Hazardous Materials: Infectious Substances; Harmonization With the United Nations Recommendations

  Tags Category A, Ebola, Monkeypox, Mpox, Nipah (NiV), R-IPC, Special Pathogens, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Waste
  Creator: the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
  Subject: Waste Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2005-05-19
  Description: The requirements adopted for the UN Recommendations establish a two-tiered classification system for Division 6.2 materials—Category A and Category B. A Category A infectious substance poses a higher degree of risk than a Category B infectious…
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  Pathogen Safety Data Sheets: Infectious Substances – Monkeypox virus

  Tags Monkeypox, Mpox, R-Gen, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Public Health Agency of Canada
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2011-02-18
  Description: PATHOGEN SAFETY DATA SHEET - INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES SECTION I - INFECTIOUS AGENTSECTION II – HAZARD IDENTIFICATIONSECTION III - DISSEMINATIONSECTION IV - STABILITY AND VIABILITYSECTION V – FIRST AID / MEDICALSECTION VI - LABORATORY HAZARDSSECTION VII…
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  Ebola or Not? Evaluating the Ill Traveler From Ebola-Affected Countries in West Africa.

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Person Under Investigation (PUI), R-IIT, R-Lead, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Fairley, J. K., P. E. Kozarsky, C. S. Kraft, J. Guarner, J. P. Steinberg, E. Anderson, J. T. Jacob, P. Meloy, D. Gillespie, T. R. Espinoza, A. Isakov, S. Vanairsdale, E. Baker and H. M. Wu
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-01-18
  Description: The 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa had global impact beyond the primarily affected countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. 
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  Just-in-Time Training Guidelines

  Tags Just in Time training (JIT), R-T&E, Response Tools, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Emory
  Subject: Training and Exercises
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2016-04-07
  Description: Leadership Toolbox, Response: Guidelines for Just in Time Training for the Serious Communicable Diseases Unit
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  The Creation of a Biocontainment Unit at a Tertiary Care Hospital. The Johns Hopkins Medicine Experience.

  Tags Bioseal, Contact Transmission, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Region 3, Special Pathogens, Staff Rotation Schedules, Staffing
  Creator: Johns Hopkins
  Subject: Physical Infrastructure
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-05-01
  Description: In response to the 2014-2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa, Johns Hopkins Medicine created a biocontainment unit to care for patients infected with Ebola virus and other high-consequence pathogens.
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  NYC Health + Hospitals General Special Pathogen Screening Algorithm

  Tags Communications, Ebola, Emergency Department, Identify, Inform, Isolate, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Public Health, R-IIT, R-Lead, Special Pathogens
  Creator: NYC Health + Hospitals
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2016-08-01
  Description: Screening Algorithm for Special Pathogen Diseases

• Ethically Sound

  Tags Ebola, Epidemic, Ethics, Legal, Outbreaks, Patient Care, Public Health, Quarantine, R-Gen, Research, Special Pathogens, Survivors
  Creator: Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2016-09-19
  Description: Episode of the 'Ethically Sound' podcast, discussing ethics and ebola.

• Guidance For Managing Ethical Issues In Infectious Disease Outbreaks

  Tags Ebola, Epidemic, Ethics, Legal, Outbreaks, Patient Care, Public Health, Quarantine, R-Gen, R-Res&Pub, Research, Special Pathogens, Survivors
  Creator: World Health Organization (WHO)
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-10-18
  Description: Infectious disease outbreaks are frequently characterized by scientific uncertainty, social and institutional disruption, and an overall climate of fear and distrust. Policy makers and public health professionals may be forced to weigh and prioritize…

• Emerging infectious agents/Agents infectieux émergents

  Tags Contact Transmission, Coronavirus, Diagnosis, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Epidemiology, Flu, Français, French, Infection Prevention and Control, Influenza, International Response, Public Health, R-Res&Pub, SARS, Special Pathogens, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Chidiac C, Ferry T.
  Subject: Contenu Français
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-11-01
  Description: De nombreuses maladies infectieuses émergentes ou ré-émergentes sont survenues au cours des dernières décennies, certaines posant des problèmes de santé publique majeurs. SRAS, MERS-CoV, grippe aviaire hautement pathogène A(H5N1), MERS-CoV, maladie à…

• How to Steward Medical Countermeasures and Public Trust in an Emergency

  Tags Communications, Ebola, Prophylaxis, Public Health, Public Relations, R-EM, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens, Therapeutics
  Creator: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-11-07
  Description: Summary Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Ebola Chapter 3 - Fukushima Chapter 4 - H1N1 InfluenzaChapter 5 - Anthrax Letters Enhanced Accessibility