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Creator: Johns Hopkins
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-05-01
Description: In response to the 2014-2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa, Johns Hopkins Medicine created a biocontainment unit to care for patients infected with Ebola virus and other high-consequence pathogens. -
Creator: Smith, P. W., A. O. Anderson, G. W. Christopher, T. J. Cieslak, G. J. Devreede, G. A. Fosdick, C. B. Greiner, J. M. Hauser, S. H. Hinrichs, K. D. Huebner, P. C. Iwen, D. R. Jourdan, M. G. Kortepeter, V. P. Landon, P. A. Lenaghan, R. E. Leopold, L. A.…
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2006-12-18
Description: In spite of great advances in medicine, serious communicable diseases are a significant threat. Hospitals must be prepared to deal with patients who are infected with pathogens introduced by a bioterrorist act (e.g., smallpox), by a global emerging… -
Creator: Herstein, Jocelyn J., Sean A. Buehler, Aurora B. Le, John J. Lowe, Peter C. Iwen, and Shawn G. Gibbs.
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-06-20
Description: The 2014-2016 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa prompted a shift in how US institutions and agencies respond to cases of highly hazardous communicable diseases (HHCDs).Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
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Creator: CDC
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-09-13
Description: Few data exist to guide the physical design of biocontainment units, particularly the doffing area. -
Creator: Herstein, Jocelyn J., Aurora B. Le, Lily A. McNulty, Sean A. Buehler, Paul D. Biddinger, Angela L. Hewlett, John J. Lowe, and Shawn G. Gibbs.
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-05
Description: In 2014, 56 US hospitals were designated as Ebola treatment centers (ETCs). ETCs had minimum augmented capability requirements for Ebola virus disease care, including for staffing and training. We sought to identify current ETC staffing challenges…Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
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Creator: Herstein, Jocelyn J., Aurora B. Le, Lily A. McNulty, Sean A. Buehler, Paul D. Biddinger, Angela L. Hewlett, John J. Lowe, and Shawn G. Gibbs.
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-17
Description: We surveyed 56 Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) in the United States and identified costs incurred since 2014 ($1.76 million/ETC) and sustainability strategies.Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
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Creator: Wang, Xu, Xiaoxi Zhang, and Jiangjiang He.
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-15
Description: On December 31, 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission announced an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), China is now at a critical period in the control of the epidemic. -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Webinar
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-08
Description: This webinar discusses requirements and engineering considerations when transforming a normal/positive room into a negative air room to provide care for COVID-19 patients.
Webinar slides attached.Conservation strategies: This resource contains recommendations facilitating conservation of equipment and supplies during contingency (expected shortages) and crisis (known shortages) capacities and should not be applied as guidance when conventional capacities are available.
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Creator: Peters, Alexander W., Kashmira S. Chawla, and Zachary A. Turnbull.
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-24
Description: Treating patients in New York City, the global epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic — where there have been more than 15,000 deaths attributed to Covid-19 to date (www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page. opens in new tab) — has required…Conservation strategies: This resource contains recommendations facilitating conservation of equipment and supplies during contingency (expected shortages) and crisis (known shortages) capacities and should not be applied as guidance when conventional capacities are available.
Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
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Creator: Yager, Phoebe H., Kimberly A. Whalen, and Brian M. Cummings.
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-05-15
Description: Massachusetts quickly followed New York in becoming an epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic, but just a handful of infected children required hospitalization. On April 2, 2020, the Massachusetts General Hospital incident command team determined that no…Conservation strategies: This resource contains recommendations facilitating conservation of equipment and supplies during contingency (expected shortages) and crisis (known shortages) capacities and should not be applied as guidance when conventional capacities are available.
Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.