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• The National Ebola Training and Education Center: Preparing the United States for Ebola and Other Special Pathogens

  Tags Ebola, Isolation/Biocontainment, NETEC, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, Special Pathogens, Training
  Creator: Kratochvil, C. J., L. Evans, B. S. Ribner, J. J. Lowe, M. C. Harvey, R. C. Hunt, A. J. Tumpey, R. P. Fagan, M. M. Schwedhelm, S. Bell, J. Maher, C. S. Kraft, N. V. Cagliuso, Sr., S. Vanairsdale, A. Vasa and P. W. Smith
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-01
  Description: The National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) was established in 2015 in response to the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa.

• A Highly Infectious Disease Care Network in the US Healthcare System

  Tags Public Health, R-Gen, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Le, A. B., P. D. Biddinger, P. W. Smith, J. J. Herstein, D. A. Levy, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-01
  Description: During the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the United States responded by stratifying hospitals into 1 of 3 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-designated categories-based on the hospital's ability to identify, isolate, assess,…

• Planning and response to Ebola virus disease: An integrated approach

  Tags Ebola, Emergency Management, EMS, Exercises and Drills, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-Lead, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, Staffing, Staffing Model, Training, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Smith, P. W., K. C. Boulter, A. L. Hewlett, C. J. Kratochvil, E. J. Beam, S. G. Gibbs, J. M. Lowe and M. M. Schwedhelm
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-05-01
  Description: The care of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) requires the application of critical care medicine principles under conditions of stringent infection control precautions.
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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.

• US State Public Health Departments Special Pathogen Planning.

  Tags CONOPS, Pre-hospital Transport, Public Health, R-EMS, R-Gen, R-PreH, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, K. C. Jelden, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-12-07
  Description: US state public health departments played key roles in planning for and responding to confirmed and suspected cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) during the 2014-2016 outbreak, including designating select hospitals as high-level isolation units…
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  Frontline Facility Preparedness Checklist

  Tags Assessment Facility, CONOPS, Ebola, Federal, Frontline Facility, Healthcare Coalition, Public Health, R-Lead, Regional Treatment Center, Special Pathogens
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Checklist
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-17
  Description: NETEC Checklist

• Introduction to Ebola Disease: Managing Infectious Hazards

  Tags Communications, Decontamination, Donning and Doffing, Ebola, Emergency Department, Emergency Management, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, International Response, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, Lab, Laboratory, Patient Care, Patient Transport, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Pre-hospital Transport, Public Health, R-PPE, Special Pathogens, Training, Waste
  Creator: WHO
  Subject: General
  Item Type: In Person Course
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-09
  Description: WHO Ebola disease course slides, description of the virus and infection prevention and control

• Ebola: Five Key Questions

  Tags Contact Transmission, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, R-Gen, Therapeutics
  Creator: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-14
  Description: Questions about Ebola explained
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  Ebola Characteristics Compared with Other Infectious Disease

  Tags Ebola, R-Gen, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2018-05-14
  Description: This table presents Ebola characteristics compared with other infectious diseases.

• Online Audiocasts From the SHEA/CDC ORTP (Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Outbreak Response Training Program) Regional Training Workshop

  Tags Behavioral Health, Biosafety, Clinical Care Guidelines, Communications, CONOPS, Diagnosis, Ebola, Emergency Management, Epidemic, Exercises and Drills, MERS-CoV, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Preparedness, Public Health, R-T&E, Special Pathogens, Therapeutics, Training, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Subject: General
  Item Type: In Person Course
  Date Last Updated: 2023-10-18
  Description: These audiocasts, recorded at the SHEA/CDC ORTP Regional Training Workshop, discuss successes and failures of past infectious disease outbreaks and offer insights into the key steps involved in preparing your facility for the next high-consequence…