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Creator: EPA
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023-05-03
Description: Medical waste is a subset of wastes generated at health care facilities, such as hospitals, physicians' offices, dental practices, blood banks, and veterinary hospitals/clinics, as well as medical research facilities and laboratories. Generally,… -
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. -
Creator: Johns Hopkins
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2017-02-01
Description: General Resources | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Resources: In response to the Ebola outbreak in 2014, many hospitals designated specific areas to care for patients with Ebola and other highly infectious diseases. The safe handling of category A… -
Creator: Le, A. B., L. Witter, J. J. Herstein, K. C. Jelden, E. L. Beam, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
Subject: Decedent Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2017-09-01
Description: A United States industry-specific gap analysis survey of the death care sector-which comprises organizations and businesses affiliated with the funeral industry and the handling of human remains- was developed, the results analyzed, and training and… -
Creator: Le, A. B., S. Hoboy, A. Germain, H. Miller, R. Thompson, J. J. Herstein, K. C. Jelden, E. L. Beam, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-01-17
Description: The recent Ebola outbreak led to the development of Ebola virus disease (EVD) best practices in clinical settings. However, after the care of EVD patients, proper medical waste management and disposal was identified as a crucial component to… -
Creator: Lowe, J. J., S. G. Gibbs, S. S. Schwedhelm, J. Nguyen and P. W. Smith
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2014-12-01
Description: Clinical practices surrounding the current Ebola epidemic have been center stage in discourse concerning research and practice of care. -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: In Person Course
Date Last Updated: 2018
Description: Past in Person Course Presentation.Course Learning Objectives: Increase healthcare worker knowledge and understanding of serious communicable diseases (smallpox, SARS, MERS, Ebola, novel influenza). Increase understanding of standard and… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2019-02-22
Description: This course will provide information on the importance of having robust infection control procedures in place to care for a patient with Ebola or other special pathogen. Some topics that will be discussed include patient placement, patient care,… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: In Person Course
Date Last Updated: 2019-08-07
Description: Slides on waste from a NETEC Year 4- Year 5 course. -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2020-06-29
Description: A PDF flyer infographic illustrating how to handle a waste container inside the patient care room. Including: waste container preparation, waste container in use, waste container closure (two techniques).