Browse Items (1475 total)

• The Special Pathogens Research Network: Enabling Research Readiness

  Tags R-Res&Pub, Research, Research Design, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Colleen S. Kraft, Mark G. Kortepeter, Bruce Gordon, Lauren M. Sauer, Erica S. Shenoy, Daniel P. Eiras, LuAnn Larson, Jennifer A. Garland, Aneesh K. Mehta, Kevin Barrett, Connie S. Price, Caroline Croyle, Lauren R. West, Brooke Noren, Susan Kline,…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-02-19
  Description: The 2013-2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) that originated in West Africa underscored many of the challenges to conducting clinical research during an ongoing infectious disease epidemic, both in the most affected countries of Guinea,…
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  Evaluating Promising Investigational Medical Countermeasures: Recommendations in the Absence of Guidelines

  Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Clinical Trial, Ethics, Infection Prevention and Control, R-T&C, Research, Research Design, Special Pathogens, Therapeutics
  Creator: NETEC SPRN Medical Countermeasures Working Group
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-02-19
  Description: Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases pose growing global public health threats. However, research on and development of medical countermeasures (MCMs) for such pathogens is limited by the sporadic and unpredictable nature of outbreaks, lack…

• A Novel Approach to Infectious Disease Preparedness: Incorporating Investigational Therapeutics and Research Objectives into Full-Scale Exercises

  Tags Exercises and Drills, Experimental Drugs, R-Res&Pub, Research, Therapeutics
  Creator: Angela Vasa, Syra Madad, LuAnn Larson, Colleen S. Kraft, Sharon Vanairsdale, Jonathan D. Grein, Jennifer Garland, Virginia “Madison” Butterworth, and Christopher J. Kratochvil.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-02-19
  Description: The use of investigational therapeutics in the care of patients with Ebola virus disease was documented in the literature following the 2013-2016 outbreak. In order to access these types of therapeutics, facilities must have processes in place to…

• Genomics and High-Consequence Infectious Diseases: A Scoping Review of Emerging Science and Potential Ethical Issues

  Tags Ethics, Legal, Prophylaxis, R-Res&Pub, Research, Therapeutics
  Creator: Angie M. Boyce and Brian T. Garibaldi.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-02-19
  Description: Host genomic research on high-consequence infectious diseases is a growing area, but the ethical, legal, and social implications of such findings related to potential applications of the research have not yet been identified.

• The Impact of High-Level Isolation Units Beyond High-Consequence Pathogen Preparedness

  Tags Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Preparedness, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, Research, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Jennifer Andonian, Kelsie E. Galusha, Lisa L. Maragakis, and Brian T. Garibaldi.
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-02-19
  Description: In response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) funded the creation of 10 Regional Ebola and Other Special Pathogen Treatment Centers (RESPTCs) across the United States.
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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-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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  Review of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Other Emerging Health Threats

  Tags CDC, Ebola, Emergency Management, Federal, Outbreaks, Public Health, R-Gen
  Creator: U.S. Senate, Committee on Appropriations
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Video
  Date Last Updated: 2019-03-14
  Description: Agenda: Hearing to review the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other emerging health threats.
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  CC Grand Rounds: Response to an Outbreak: Ebola Virus Monoclonal Antibody (mAb114) Rapid Clinical Development
  

  Tags Antibodies, Ebola, Immunology, Prophylaxis, R-Res&Pub, Research, Therapeutics, Vaccine Study
  Creator: NIH
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Video
  Date Last Updated: 2019-03-19
  Description: This is a one hour lecture about the monoclonal antibody (mAb114) and ebola. It requires Flash plugin.

• Ebola Virus Disease: Clinical Challenges, Recognition, and Management.

  Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Ebola, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Special Pathogens, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Beam, Elizabeth L., Michelle M. Schwedhelm, Kathleen C. Boulter, Angela M. Vasa, LuAnn Larson, Theodore J. Cieslak, John J. Lowe, Jocelyn J. Herstein, Christopher J. Kratochvil, and Angela L. Hewlett.
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-03-26
  Description: The 2014 to 2016 Ebola outbreak response resulted in many lessons learned about biocontainment patient care, leading to enhanced domestic capabilities for highly infectious and hazardous communicable diseases. Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All…

• Too Many Patients…A Framework to Guide Statewide Allocation of Scarce Mechanical Ventilation During Disasters

  Tags Ethics, Pandemic, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Daugherty Biddison, E. Lee, Ruth Faden, Howard S. Gwon, Darren P. Mareiniss, Alan C. Regenberg, Monica Schoch-Spana, Jack Schwartz, and Eric S. Toner.
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-04
  Description: The threat of a catastrophic public health emergency causing life-threatening illness or injury on a massive scale has prompted extensive federal, state, and local preparedness efforts. Modeling studies suggest that an influenza pandemic similar to…