Browse Items (26 total)

• Kansas Ebola Virus Preparedness and Response Plan

  Tags Communications, CONOPS, Decontamination, Ebola, Emergency Management, EMS, Epidemic, Federal, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, Medical Surveillance, Outbreaks, Patient Transport, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Public Health, Quarantine, R-EM, R-PPE, Region 7, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling, Specimen Transport, Temperature Monitoring, Waste Management
  Creator: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2019-01-01
  Description: Version 9.0. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) developed a preparedness and response plan following the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa in response to the possibility of cases affecting…
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  Infection Prevention and Control and Environmental Health and Safety for COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Hotels

  Tags 2019-nCoV, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Environmental Services, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolate, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-EM, R-PPE, SARS-CoV-2, Waste Management
  Creator: NYC Health + Hospitals
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2021-01
  Description: Infection Prevention and Control and Environmental Health and Safety for COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Hotels: Tailoring Existing Recommendations and Implementing Innovative Strategies Within the Hotel Setting
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  NETEC Resources for Marburg Virus Disease

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Lab, Laboratory, Marburg, R-EM, R-IPC, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Waste Management
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2021-08-12
  Description: Earlier this week, the first case of Marburg virus disease was confirmed in Guinea, West Africa. In this post, NETEC provides information and resources on MVD.
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  NETEC - Online Course - Infection Control for Special Pathogen Isolation

  Tags Donning and Doffing, Infection Prevention and Control, Intake, Internal Transport, Patient Care, Patient Placement, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-T&E, Special Pathogens, Training, Waste, Waste Management
  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,…
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  Module 7: Infectious Waste Disposal and Equipment Decontamination

  Tags Decontamination, Equipment and Supplies, Pre-Hospital, R-IPC, R-PreH, Waste, Waste Management
  Creator: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-15
  Description: EID 4 EMT Free Video Training Series -
  Emerging Infectious Diseases Videos for Prehospital Providers -
  Infectious Waste Disposal and Equipment Decontamination
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  Procedure Title: Terminal Cleaning in the SCDU

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Procedure, Protocol, R-IPC, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Terminal Clean, Waste, Waste Management
  Creator: Emory
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2017-09-09
  Description: SCOPE:The SCDU follows a defined set of protocols for activation of the Unit. Because the SCDU must be prepared for a wide range of infectious agents, plans exist to respond as appropriate based on the agent and clinical presentation of the patient.…
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  Monkeypox: Infection Prevention Controls and Waste Management

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Monkeypox, R-IPC, Waste Management
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2022-05-31
  Description: The Top 3 Things to Know About Infection Prevention Controls and Waste Management for Monkeypox Outbreaks of the Monkeypox virus have been found on every continent, and to date more than 650 confirmed and suspected cases of Monkeypox have been…
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  Bio Isolation Transfer Card (BIT)

  Tags Biosafety, EMS, Internal Transport, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-EMS, Waste Management
  Creator: Emory
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Checklist
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-31
  Description: Emory University Hospital (EUH), Serious Communicable Diseases Unit (SCDU), Bio Isolation Transfer Card (BIT),
  EMS Transport to EUH SCDU
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  Interim-Planning Guidance for the Handling of Solid Waste Contaminated with a Category A Infectious Substance

  Tags Category A, R-IPC, Special Pathogens, Waste Management
  Creator: U.S. Department of Transportation
  Subject: Waste Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2017-01-19
  
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  Autoclave Policy/Procedure

  Tags Autoclave, Infection Prevention and Control, Protocol, R-IPC, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Waste Management
  Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
  Subject: Waste Management
  Item Type: Protocol
  Date Last Updated: 2018-09-01
  Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To prevent patients and healthcare workers from becoming contaminated by any materials used in the NBU.