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Creator: NETEC
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2024-06-07
Description: This interactive pdf and printable flyer infographic describes the use of HICS in special pathogen recovery and resilience. Recovery from and response to a disaster can happen at the same time - in the short intermediate and long terms. Recovery… -
Creator: Mumma JM, Howard-Anderson JR, Morgan JS, Schink K, Wheatley MJ, Kraft CS, Lane MA, Kaufman NH, Ayeni O, Brownsword EA, Jacob JT.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-09-10
Description: Understanding the cognitive determinants of healthcare worker (HCW) behavior is important for improving the use of infection prevention and control (IPC) practices. Given a patient requiring only standard precautions, we examined the dimensions along… -
Creator: Tang, Julian W., Andre Nicolle, Jovan Pantelic, Christian A. Klettner, Ruikun Su, Petri Kalliomaki, Pekka Saarinen, Hannu Koskela, Kari Reijula, Panu Mustakallio, David K. W. Cheong, Chandra Sekhar, and Kwok Wai Tham.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2013-06-24
Description: Hospital isolation rooms are vital for the containment (when under negative pressure) of patients with, or the protection (when under positive pressure) of patients, from airborne infectious agents. -
Creator: Axelsson, John, Tina Sundelin, Mats J. Olsson, Kimmo Sorjonen, Charlotte Axelsson, Julie Lasselin, and Mats Lekander.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-01-03
Description: Detection and avoidance of sick individuals have been proposed as essential components in a behavioural defence against disease, limiting the risk of contamination.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: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: More than 28 000 people were infected with Ebola virus during the 2014–2015 West African outbreak, resulting in more than 11 000 deaths. Better methods are needed to reduce the risk of self-contamination while doffing personal protective equipment… -
Creator: Feistritzer, N. R., C. Hill, S. Vanairsdale, and J. Gentry
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2014-11
Description: Caring for patients with Ebola virus disease requires strict biosafety protocols to eliminate exposure and ensure containment. Training and competency verification were critical to creation of a safe environment for nursing staff involved in the… -
Creator: Gómez-Romero FJ, Gómez-García JM, Arencibia-Jiménez M, Delgado-de Los Reyes JA, Sarmiento-Sempere R, García-Abad I, Vicedo-Cano R, Pérez-Torregrosa G, Navarro-Gracia JF.
Subject: Elementos en Español
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-04-01
Description: The last outbreak of the Ebola virus disease, was a precedent to demonstrate the necessary training of healthcare personnel for possible eventualities of suspected cases of infectious diseases. It is required to study the level of… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Personnel Management
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-09-18
Description: This course will provide information on communication considerations when a facility is notified they will be receiving a patient with Ebola or other special pathogen. This will include information on communicating with staff, patients already in… -
Creator: Sarah L. Krein, PhD, RN; Jeanmarie Mayer, MD; Molly Harrod, PhD; Lauren E. Weston, MPH; Lynn Gregory, NP; Laura Petersen, MHSA; Matthew H. Samore, MD; Frank A. Drews, PhD
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-08-01
Description: Using personal protective equipment (PPE) and transmission-based precautions are primary strategies for reducing the transmission of infectious agents. -
Creator: Jennings B. M., Yeager K. A., Feistritzer N. R., Gullatte M. M., Martyn K. K.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-05-18
Description: Fear surrounds Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) because it is highly infectious. Yet members of the Serious Communicable Diseases Unit (SCDU) at Emory University Hospital (EUH) had to overcome that fear when caring for patients with EVD.
