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Creator: Yadana, Su, Kristen Kelli Coleman, Tham Thi Nguyen, Christophe Hansen-Estruch, Shirin Kalimuddin, Koh Cheng Thoon, Jenny Guek Hong Low, and Gregory Charles Gray.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-12-04
Description: There is an increasing body of evidence suggesting that transmission of respiratory viruses occurs through the inhalation of virus-laden particles. -
Creator: Jones, Rachael M., Susan C. Bleasdale, Dayana Maita, and Lisa M. Brosseau, for the C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-01
Description: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is a primary strategy to protect health care personnel (HCP) from infectious diseases. When transmission-based PPE ensembles are not appropriate, HCP must recognize the transmission pathway of the disease and…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: Cheung, Jonathan Chun-Hei, Lap Tin Ho, Justin Vincent Cheng, Esther Yin Kwan Cham, and Koon Ngai Lam.
Subject: Personnel Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-24
Description: Medical professionals caring for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are at high risk of contracting the infection.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: Kraft, Colleen S., Aneesh K. Mehta, Jay B. Varkey, G. Marshall Lyon, Sharon Vanairsdale, Sonia Bell, Eileen M. Burd, Mary Elizabeth Sexton, Leslie Anne Cassidy, Patricia Olinger, Kalpana Rengarajan, Vanessa N. Raabe, Emily Davis, Scott Henderson,…
Subject: Personnel Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-04
Description: Healthcare personnel (HCP) were recruited to provide serum samples, which were tested for antibodies against Ebola or Lassa virus to evaluate for asymptomatic seroconversion.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: Canelli, Robert, Christopher W. Connor, Mauricio Gonzalez, Ala Nozari, and Rafael Ortega.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-03
Description: Clinicians with inadequate access to standard personal protective equipment (PPE) have been compelled to improvise protective barrier enclosures for use during endotracheal intubation.See a response to this article: More on Barrier Enclosure during… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Webinar
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-17
Description: The what, how and why of masks for healthcare workers caring for patients during the COVID-19 outbreak. Webinar slides attached. Get educational credit for this webinar through Courses.netec.org. Go to a flyer explaining choices between Procedure… -
Creator: Wilkason, Colby, Christopher Lee, Lauren M. Sauer, Jennifer Nuzzo, and Amanda McClelland.
Subject: Personnel Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-06
Description: The 2014-2016 West African Ebola epidemic was devastating in many respects, not least of which was the impact on healthcare systems and their health workforce. Healthcare workers—including physicians, clinical officers, nurses, midwives, and… -
Creator: Sikkema, Reina S., Suzan D. Pas, David F. Nieuwenhuijse, Áine O'Toole, Jaco Verweij, Anne van der Linden, Irina Chestakova, Claudia Schapendonk, Mark Pronk, Pascal Lexmond, Theo Bestebroer, Ronald J. Overmars, Stefan van Nieuwkoop, Wouter van den…
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-07-02
Description: 10 days after the first reported case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the Netherlands (on Feb 27, 2020), 55 (4%) of 1497 health-care workers in nine hospitals located in the south of the Netherlands had… -
Creator: Houlihan, Catherine F., Nina Vora, Thomas Byrne, Dan Lewer, Gavin Kelly, Judith Heaney, Sonia Gandhi, Moira J. Spyer, Rupert Beale, Peter Cherepanov, David Moore, Richard Gilson, Steve Gamblin, George Kassiotis, Laura E. McCoy, Charles Swanton,…
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-07-09
Description: Nosocomial transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a major public health concern. Health-care workers (HCWs) are at high risk of developing COVID-19, and may themselves contribute to transmission. -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2020-07-17
Description: Understand negative pressure isolation. Reduce your exposure risk. Conserve PPE.See updated asset here.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.