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  An integrated approach to laboratory testing for patients with Ebola virus disease

  Tags Biosafety, Ebola, Lab, Laboratorian, Laboratory, Occupational Health, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Handling
  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.
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  Safety considerations in the laboratory testing of specimens suspected or known to contain Ebola virus

  Tags Biosafety, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-Lab, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Handling
  Creator: Iwen, P. C., P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett, C. J. Kratochvil, S. J. Lisco, J. N. Sullivan, S. G. Gibbs, J. J. Lowe, P. D. Fey, V. L. Herrera, A. R. Sambol, J. L. Wisecarver and S. H. Hinrichs
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-01-01
  Description: Reference to the Ebola virus causes concern among all individuals, whether from the public or within the medical community.

• Surrogate Testing Suggests That Chlorine Dioxide Gas Exposure Would Not Inactivate Ebola Virus Contained in Environmental Blood Contamination

  Tags Biosafety, Ebola, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Handling
  Creator: Lowe, J. J., A. L. Hewlett, P. C. Iwen, P. W. Smith and S. G. Gibbs
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-05-08
  Description: The ability to decontaminate a room potentially containing the Ebola virus is important to healthcare facilities in the United States.
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  Persistence of Ebola Virus in Ocular Fluid during Convalescence

  Tags Ebola, Eye/Ocular Health, Follow up, Infection Prevention and Control, Laboratory Testing, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling, Survivors
  Creator: Varkey, J. B., J. G. Shantha, I. Crozier, C. S. Kraft, G. M. Lyon, A. K. Mehta, G. Kumar, J. R. Smith, M. H. Kainulainen, S. Whitmer, U. Stroher, T. M. Uyeki, B. S. Ribner and S. Yeh
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-06-18
  Description: Among the survivors of Ebola virus disease (EVD), complications that include uveitis can develop during convalescence, although the incidence and pathogenesis of EVD-associated uveitis are unknown.This article was corrected in volume 372 on page…
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  Comparison of FilmArray and Quantitative Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR for Detection of Zaire Ebolavirus from Contrived and Clinical Specimens

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Immunology, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Handling
  Creator: Southern, T. R., L. D. Racsa, C. G. Albarino, P. D. Fey, S. H. Hinrichs, C. N. Murphy, V. L. Herrera, A. R. Sambol, C. E. Hill, E. L. Ryan, C. S. Kraft, S. Campbell, T. K. Sealy, A. Schuh, J. C. Ritchie, G. M. Lyon, 3rd, A. K. Mehta, J. B. Varkey, B.…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-09-01
  Description: Rapid, reliable, and easy-to-use diagnostic assays for detection of Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV) are urgently needed.
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  U.S. Ebola Treatment Center Clinical Laboratory Support

  Tags Biosafety, Diagnosis, Ebola, Isolation/Biocontainment, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling
  Creator: Jelden, K. C., P. C. Iwen, J. J. Herstein, P. D. Biddinger, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-04-01
  Description: Fifty-five hospitals in the United States have been designated Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) by their state and local health authorities.
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  Ebola Virus Persistence in Semen of Male Survivors

  Tags Ebola, Follow up, Laboratory Testing, Public Health, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling, Survivors, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Uyeki, T. M., B. R. Erickson, S. Brown, A. K. McElroy, D. Cannon, A. Gibbons, T. Sealy, M. H. Kainulainen, A. J. Schuh, C. S. Kraft, A. K. Mehta, G. M. Lyon, 3rd, J. B. Varkey, B. S. Ribner, R. T. Ellison, 3rd, E. Carmody, G. J. Nau, C. Spiropoulou,…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-06-15
  Description: We investigated the duration of Ebola virus (EBOV) RNA and infectious EBOV in semen specimens of 5 Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors.

• Recommendations for Assessment of Blood Donor Eligibility, Donor Deferral and Blood Product Management in Response to Ebola Virus

  Tags Ebola, Example, Lab, Laboratory, Public Health, R-T&C, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling, Therapeutics
  Creator: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2017-01-01
  Description: This guidance represents the current thinking of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) on this topic. It does not establish any rights for any person and is not binding on FDA or the public. You can use an alternative approach if it…

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  MERS-CoV ED Lab Protocol - Main Campus

  Tags Emergency Department, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, MERS-CoV, R-Lab, Respiratory Pathogen, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling, Specimen Transport
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2017-03-15
  Description: Nebraska - MERS CoV Resources

• Emerging Diseases and Implementation of Emergency Use Authorizations

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Epidemic, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, Public Health, R-Lab, Special Pathogens, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling
  Creator: North Dakota Department of Health
  Subject: Laboratory
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-23
  Description: Emerging Infections and Implementation of Emergency Use Authorizations content was developed by Susanne Norris Zanto of Laboratory SolutionZ. The narrator is Tracy Hoke, the BT Coordinator at the North Dakota Department of Health, Division of…