Treatment & Care
Preparedness Questions: These questions should serve as a guide for examining your plans and processes and applying what you learn in the Biopreparedness: Identify, Isolate, Inform Course to your own facility.
Download a copy of the questions here.
Resources
Resources to support the Preparedness questions above.
Additional Resources and References
Waste Management:
- CDC Guidance on Cleaning: https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/healthcare-us/cleaning/hospitals.html
- CDC Guidance for Handling VHF-Associated Waste: https://www.cdc.gov/viral-hemorrhagic-fevers/hcp/infection-control/handling-vhf-associated-waste.html
- Survivability of Ebola in medical waste: https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/healthcare-us/cleaning/ebola-virus-survivability.html
- Validation of Autoclave Protocols for Successful Decontamination of Category A Medical Waste Generated from Care of Patients with Serious Communicable Diseases. Article.
- Summary of new full guide, which supersedes the interim version published Jan 2017: Managing Solid Waste Contaminated with a Category A Infectious Substance.
- Are you preparing suspected Ebola contaminated waste for transportation? Poster
Disinfectants for Use against the Ebola Virus:
- EPA's registered antimicrobial products list.
Occupational Health:
- CDC notes on Public Health Management of People with Suspected or Confirmed VHF or High-Risk Exposures: https://www.cdc.gov/viral-hemorrhagic-fevers/php/public-health-strategy/people-with-suspected-or-confirmed-vhf-or-high-risk.html
- CDC Ebola risk classifications: https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/exposure/risk-factors-when-evaluating-person-for-exposure.html
- CDC Managing MERS Cases and Contacts for Public Health Professionals: https://www.cdc.gov/mers/php/contact-tracing/
Exercise templates:
- NETEC Exercise Templates by facility type (Tabletop, full scale, and drills)
The exercise templates below include all content and materials related to identifying, assessing, treating, managing, transporting and transferring high risk patients, which are fully customizable, approved by ASPR and the CDC, and based on the HSEEP model, specifically aimed for Frontline Facilities.
See the Beginners Guide above to get started. This is a guide for individuals who are new to exercise development and evaluation or those who need a refresher on exercise basics. The NETEC Exercise Design Templates directly map to and support the ASPR Ebola Preparedness 2017 Hospital Preparedness Program Measurement Implementation Guidance.
