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• Prevention and nursing care in the first case of Ebola virus disease contracted outside Africa./Prevención y cuidados de enfermería en el primer caso de enfermedad del virus Ébola adquirida fuera de África

  Tags Ebola, Español, Infection Prevention and Control, Nursing, R-Res&Pub, Spanish, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Cerón-Serrano A, Jiménez-Castellano R, Gómez-Campos AM
  Subject: Elementos en Español
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-04-01
  Description: After the evacuation from Africa to Western hospitals of several international workers with the Ebola virus disease, the first case of contagion outside Africa occurred in Madrid, Spain.

• Preventing Viral Contamination: Effects of Wipe and Spray-based Decontamination of Gloves and Gowns

  Tags Gloves, Gown, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: We conducted a laboratory simulation to evaluate the contamination of environmental surfaces when using wipe vs spray methods of personal protective equipment (PPE) decontamination.
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  Preventing Lassa Virus Infections in Health Care Settings

  Tags Blog, Healthcare Worker Safety, Infection Prevention and Control, Lassa, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, R-PM
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2022-06-21
  Description: This blog post covers information on stopping transmission of Lassa Fever with Infection Prevention and Control and Waste Management.
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  PRESS RELEASE: NETEC provides technical support and assistance to health care facilities in response to the DRC Mpox outbreak

  Tags Mpox, Outbreaks, R-Lead, Technical Support
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2023-12-07
  Description: This blog post covers a press release. PRESS RELEASE: NETEC provides free, ongoing technical support and assistance to health care facilities in response to the outbreak of Mpox disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo Since January 1, 2023, there…
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  Presentation and Outcomes of Lassa Fever in Children in Nigeria: A Prospective Cohort Study (LASCOPE)

  Tags Children, Lassa, Lassa fever, Outcomes, Pediatrics, Special Pathogens, Treatment and Care
  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…
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  Preparing for Transfer – Sending Facility

  Tags Exercises and Drills, Frontline Facilities Tools, Internal Transport, R-IIT, R-Lead
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Checklist
  Date Last Updated: 2019
  Description: Questions to prepare for transfer.

• Preparing for the next Ebola outbreak: in-country genomic capacity in Africa

  Tags Clinical Trial, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Anise N Happi, Chinedu A Ugwu, Christian T Happi
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-04-15
  Description: This article discusses how "real-time genomic viral sequencing and surveillance of human populations represents a simple and cost-effective method of mitigating outbreaks in countries and locations that are most at risk of infectious disease…
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  Preparing for Serious Communicable Diseases in the United States: What the Ebola Virus Epidemic Has Taught Us

  Tags Antibodies, Contact Transmission, Critical Care, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Epidemic, Infection Prevention and Control, Outbreaks, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Prophylaxis, Public Health, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics, Vaccine Study, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Varkey, J. B. and B. S. Ribner
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-06-01
  Description: Ending the West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak required an unprecedented international response.

• Preparing for a Pandemic: An Emergency Response Benchbook and Operational Guidebook for State Court Judges and Administrators

  Tags Emergency Management, Legal, Pandemic, R-EM
  Creator: National Center for State Courts
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2016
  Description: This document was prepared with support from a State Justice Institute grant.

• Preliminary results on the efficacy of rVSV-ZEBOV-GP Ebola vaccine using the ring vaccination strategy in the control of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: an example of integration of research into epidemic response.

  Tags Clinical Trial, Ebola, Epidemic, Outbreaks, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Research, Research Design, Therapeutics, Vaccine Study
  Creator: WHO
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-04-12
  Description: ABOUT THIS ANALYSIS: DRC’s national research institute, the Institut National pour la Recherche Biomedicale (INRB) and WHO have conducted a preliminary analysis of the data being collected from the ring vaccination protocol. The analysis summarized…