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Discover Background Data and Resources:

• Get introduced to NETEC through the interactive timeline of special pathogens below.* This timeline describes some significant special pathogen events in recent history.

• Find out more about the 2014 Ebola outbreak and the development of the ASPR/CDC-supported network of healthcare facilities preparing for the next outbreak through the Ebola timeline.

• This NETEC Repository helps to provide training and educational resources to prepare for future special pathogen events.

• Explore the files BELOW THE TIMELINE to discover and learn more about Ebola and other Special Pathogens, an overview of special pathogens, clinically managing patients affected, and readying healthcare teams and systems to keep everyone safe.

Timeline of Special Pathogens:

*Click for a screen reader accessible table of this timeline.

Collection Resources

• Occupational Safety and Health Standards: Personal Protective Equipment

  Tags Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Personnel Management, R-PM
  Creator: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  Subject: Personnel Management
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2024-05
  Description: Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulation 1910.132 - General requirements. Subpart: 1910 Subpart I. Subpart Title: Personal Protective Equipment.

• Occupational Safety and Health Standards: Bloodborne pathogens.

  Tags Occupational Health, Personnel Management, R-PM
  Creator: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  Subject: Personnel Management
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2024-05
  Description: Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulation 1910.1030 - Bloodborne pathogens.

• OSH Act of 1970

  Tags Personnel Management, R-PM
  Creator: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  Subject: Personnel Management
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 1970
  Description: The OSH Act of 1970, general duty clause, by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

• Transport of Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the Prone Position

  Tags Proning, R-T&C, Treatment and Care
  Creator: DellaVolpe, J. D., J. Lovett, C. Martin-Gill and F. X. Guyette
  Subject: Intake and Internal Transport
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-04-16
  Description: Objective: We present seven cases of patients with severe respiratory failure refractory to conventional ventilation who were safely transported in the prone position.

• National Model EMS Clinical Guidelines

  Tags Clinical Care, Clinical Care Guidelines, EMS, Guidance Document, R-EMS
  Creator: NASEMSO Medical Directors Council
  Subject: Emergency Medical Services
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2019-01
  Description: These guidelines will be maintained by NASEMSO to facilitate the creation of state and local EMS system clinical guidelines, protocols or operating procedures. System medical directors and other leaders are invited to harvest content as will be…

• Support for Public Health Workers and Health Professionals

  Tags CDC, Occupational Health, Personnel Management, Public Health, R-PM
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: Personnel Management
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2023-04-27
  Description: Providing care and services to the public can be demanding and stressful. Work-related stress can affect your well-being, the care and services you give to others while doing your job, and the well-being of the people you care about outside of…

• Factors to Consider when Planning to Purchase Respirators from Another Country, Including KN95 Respirators from China

  Tags Emergency Management, Not updated, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-EM, Respirator
  Creator: NIOSH NPPTL
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2020-05-07
  Description: This is a NIOSH NPPTL Webinar, from the Date/Time: Thursday, May 7, 2020, 1:00 p.m. EDT
  
  When there is a shortage of NIOSH-approved filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs), as we are experiencing during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)…

• Behavioral Health Support for Patients, Families, and Healthcare Workers

  Tags Healthcare Worker Monitoring, Healthcare Worker Safety, Occupational Health, Patient Support, Personnel Management, R-PM
  Creator: David S. Cates, Paula G. Gomes, and Arthur M. Krasilovsky
  Subject: Personnel Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-07-07
  Description: During the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, over 850 healthcare workers contracted Ebola, and over 500 died. These tragic numbers underscore the need for strict adherence to infection control precautions when caring for patients with Ebola…
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  PPE Selection Matrix for Occupational Exposure to Ebola Virus

  Tags Ebola, EMS, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-EMS, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  Subject: Emergency Medical Services
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2014-11-24
  Description: OSHA's PPE Selection Matrix for Occupational Exposure to Ebola Virus provides task-based guidance to help employers select appropriate PPE for workers who may be exposed to ebolavirus. The matrix covers examples of common exposures, ranging from…

• Interim Guidance for EMS Systems and 9-1-1 Answering Points: Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHFs)

  Tags Communications, EMS, R-EMS, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: CDC
  Subject: Emergency Medical Services
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2023
  Description: Who this is for: EMS clinicians (including emergency medical responders (EMR), emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs (AEMTs), paramedics, and other medical first responders who could be providing patient care in the field, such as law…