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Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2024-12-13
Description: This Infection Preventionist Job Action Sheet provides infection prevention personnel with step-by-step guidance for managing a potential or confirmed special pathogen case in a healthcare setting. This interactive checklist includes links to… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2024-03-21
Description: This blog post covers information on MPox Waste. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has collaborated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to address an… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2024-11-15
Description: The FAQ template is for healthcare facilities to use for real-world responses to special pathogen outbreaks. It serves as a modifiable tool for communication and information sharing for staff and other partners. The template can be updated to meet… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2024-11-15
Description: The SBAR template is for healthcare facilities to use for real-world responses to special pathogen outbreaks. It serves as a modifiable tool for communication and information sharing for staff and other partners. The template can be updated to meet… -
Creator: Alexandre Duvignaud, Ijeoma C Etafo, Marie Jaspard, Qasim Salau, Béatrice Serra, Abiodun J Kareem, Sylvain Juchet, Tolulope O Jegede, Delphine Gabillard, Abiodun T Abidoye, Camille Le Gal, Chukwuyem Abejegah, Sampson Owhin, Kevin Okwaraeke, Mahamadou…
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2024-08-21
Description: Data on the presentation, management, and outcomes of Lassa fever (LF) in children are limited. Key Points Lassa fever fatality is lower in children over 12 months old than in adults. Upper gastrointestinal symptoms should prompt immediate testing… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2024-11-01
Description: The safest method of handling waste contaminated with a Category A infectious substance would be to render the agent no longer infectious through a process that inactivates the agent, typically by incineration or steam sterilization in an autoclave… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: In Person Course
Date Last Updated: 2024-11-01
Description: This is an in-person presentation discussing personal protective equipment (PPE) and the role of the trained observer. Presentation objectives include: Recognizing components that create and maintain a safer healthcare work environment Differentiate… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2024-10-30
Description: Because of the high degree of mortality associated with infection, patients infected with or suspected to be infected with Lassa virus should be cared for in a biocontainment unit and health care providers should follow personal protective equipment… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2024-10-30
Description: On October 28, 2024, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (IDHHS) reported a fatal case of Lassa fever in a patient who had recently returned from a trip to West Africa. There have been eight travel-related Lassa virus cases in the United… -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2024-10-17
Description: Marburg virus disease is a zoonotic disease that has resulted in several outbreaks. It has the potential to cause severe disease and death in humans. The 2018 annual review of the WHO R&D Blueprint list of priority diseases indicates that there is an…
