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Ebola virus disease: preparedness and infection control lessons learned from two biocontainment units

Etiquetas Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-T&E, Training

Autor: Hewlett, A. L., J. B. Varkey, P. W. Smith and B. S. Ribner
Tema: Infection Control
Tipo de elemento: Publicación
Fecha de actualización: 2015-08-01
Descripción: This review details infection control issues encountered in the management of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD), with emphasis on how these issues were confronted in two biocontainment patient care units in the United States.

Comment on "Ebola Virus Infection among Western Healthcare Workers Unable to Recall the Transmission Route"

Etiquetas Contact Transmission, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PM, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub

Autor: Kortepeter, M. G., T. J. Cieslak, E. H. Kwon, P. W. Smith, C. J. Kratochvil and A. L. Hewlett
Tema: Infection Control
Tipo de elemento: Publicación
Fecha de actualización: 2017-09-20
Descripción: We read with interest the recent paper by Petti et al. entitled “Ebola Virus Infection among Western Healthcare Workers Unable to Recall the Transmission Route”...

Environmental infection control considerations for Ebola

Etiquetas Contact Transmission, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Physical Infrastructure, R-IPC

Autor: Lowe, J. J., P. L. Olinger, S. G. Gibbs, K. Rengarajan, E. L. Beam, K. C. Boulter, M. M. Schwedhelm, A. K. Hayes, C. J. Kratochvil, S. Vanairsdale, B. Frislie, J. Lewis, A. L. Hewlett, P. W. Smith, B. Gartland and B. S. Ribner
Tema: Infection Control
Tipo de elemento: Publicación
Fecha de actualización: 2015-07-01
Descripción: The growing Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, coupled with the transport of patients to the United States for treatment and the first US Ebola case identified September 30, 2014, in Texas, have driven hospitals throughout the United States to be…

A Gap Analysis Survey of US Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Members to Determine Highly Infectious Disease Training and Education Needs.

Etiquetas Emergency Department, EMS, Infection Prevention and Control, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Pre-hospital Transport, R-EMS, R-Res&Pub, Training

Autor: Le, A. B., R. Herron, J. J. Herstein, K. C. Jelden, E. L. Beam, S. G. Gibbs, J. J. Lowe and T. D. Smith
Tema: Infection Control
Tipo de elemento: Publicación
Fecha de actualización: 2018-01-21
Descripción: Despite lessons learned from the recent Ebola epidemic, attempts to survey and determine non-health care worker, industry-specific needs to address highly infectious diseases have been minimal.

NETEC - Online Course - Special Pathogens of Concern

Etiquetas R-IPC, Respiratory Pathogen, Special Pathogens, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Autor: NETEC
Tema: Infection Control
Tipo de elemento: Curso en línea
Fecha de actualización: 2018-04-26
Descripción: It is critical that healthcare personnel have knowledge of Ebola and other special pathogens of concern and their implications for healthcare delivery in a biocontainment unit (BCU). In this course, learners will be able to describe pathogen-related…

HIGH Level PPE - Donning full Checklist

Etiquetas Checklist, Donning and Doffing, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE

Autor: Emory
Tema: Infection Control
Tipo de elemento: Lista de verificación
Fecha de actualización: 2018-05-17
Descripción: PPE Checklist

Public Health Resilience Checklist for High-Consequence Infectious Diseases-Informed by the Domestic Ebola Response in the United States

Etiquetas Checklist, Public Health, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C

Autor: Sell, T. K., M. P. Shearer, D. Meyer, H. Chandler, M. Schoch-Spana, E. Thomas, D. A. Rose, E. G. Carbone and E. Toner.
Tema: Infection Control
Tipo de elemento: Publicación
Fecha de actualización: 2018-03-27
Descripción: The experiences of communities that responded to confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease in the United States provide a rare opportunity for collective learning to improve resilience to future high-consequence infectious disease events.

Enacting high reliability principles while caring for people with Ebola Virus Disease

Etiquetas Fitness for Duty, Infection Prevention and Control, Nursing, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Personnel Management, R-PM, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Site Managers, Staff Retention, Staff Rotation Schedules, Staff Support, Staffing, Staffing Model, Trained Observer, Treatment and Care, Waste

Autor: Jennings B. M., Yeager K. A., Feistritzer N. R., Gullatte M. M., Martyn K. K.
Tema: Infection Control
Tipo de elemento: Publicación
Fecha de actualización: 2018-05-18
Descripción: 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.

PROCEDURE-Management of a Highly Infectious Spills

Etiquetas Decontamination, Example, Infection Prevention and Control, R-IPC, Spills, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

Autor: Emory
Tema: Infection Control
Tipo de elemento: Protocolo
Fecha de actualización: 2021-03-31
Descripción: Resources - National Ebola Training and Education Center - Emory Protocols. This document is an updated version (of that from 2018-02-06) and also replaces another former document: PROCEDURE-Management of a Highly Infectious Spills-In-Room…

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PROCEDURE-Management of a Highly Infectious Spills-In-Room Checklist(####)

Etiquetas Archived, Decontamination, Example, Infection Prevention and Control, R-IPC, Spills, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

Autor: Emory
Tema: Infection Control
Tipo de elemento: Protocolo
Fecha de actualización: 2018-02-06
Descripción: Resources - National Ebola Training and Education Center - Emory Protocols. This document is outdated See PROCEDURE-Management of a Highly Infectious Spills for the updated resource.