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Get introduced to NETEC through the interactive timeline of special pathogens below.* This timeline describes some significant special pathogen events in recent history.
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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 .
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This NETEC Repository helps to provide training and educational resources to prepare for future special pathogen events.
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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:
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Collection Resources
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Autor: Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit Publishing Group
Tema: Emergency Management
Tipo de elemento: Publicación
Fecha de actualización: 2019-02-19
Descripción: High-consequence pathogens create a unique problem. To provide effective treatment for infected patients while providing safety for the community, a series of 10 high-level isolation units have been created across the country; they are known as…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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Autor: Benjamin K. Kogutt, Jeanne S. Sheffield, Dianne Whyne, Lisa L. Maragakis, Jennifer Andonian, Jade Flinn, Chris Sulmonte, Adam Dodson, Mark Romig, Lauren Sauer, Robert Maloney, Janis Ferrell, Arthur J. Vaught, W. Christopher Golden, and Brian T.…
Tema: Treatment & Care
Tipo de elemento: Publicación
Fecha de actualización: 2019-02-19
Descripción: This article describes a large-scale scenario designed to test the capabilities of a US biocontainment unit to manage a pregnant woman infected with a high-consequence pathogen, and to care for a newborn following labor and spontaneous vaginal…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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Autor: Theodore J. Cieslak, Laura Evans, Mark G. Kortepeter, Amanda Grindle, Lemuel Aigbivbalu, Kate Boulter, Ryan W. Carroll, Sylvia Cumplido, Alison G. Danforth, Cecilia Fry, James Gaensbauer, Janet R. Hume, Amyna Husain, Arlene Kelleher, Christopher J.…
Tema: Research
Tipo de elemento: Publicación
Fecha de actualización: 2019-02-19
Descripción: During the outbreak of Ebola virus disease that struck West Africa during 2014-2016, a small handful of expatriate patients were evacuated to specialized high-level containment care units, or biocontainment units, in the United States and Western… -
Autor: Anne L. O'Keefe, Bryan F. Buss, Samir Koirala, Michael X. Gleason, Ashok Mudgapalli, and Shelly Schwedhelm.
Tema: Personnel Management
Tipo de elemento: Publicación
Fecha de actualización: 2019-02-19
Descripción: The Ebola epidemic of 2014 demonstrated that outbreaks of high-consequence infectious diseases, even in remote parts of the world, can affect communities anywhere in the developed world and that every healthcare facility must be prepared to identify,…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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Autor: CDC
Tema: Training and Exercises
Tipo de elemento: Curso en línea
Fecha de actualización: 2019-01-31
Descripción: Learn how to diagnose, treat and report hantavirus infection in the U.S. This training video was developed in partnership with Navajo Nation, Indian Health Services, and the Arizona and New Mexico Departments of Health. It provides an overview of… -
Autor: CDC
Tema: Training and Exercises
Tipo de elemento: Curso en línea
Fecha de actualización: 2018-01-23
Descripción: CDC online training -
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Autor: Mark G. Kortepeter and Theodore J. Cieslak
Tema: Infection Control
Tipo de elemento: Publicación
Fecha de actualización: 2019-02-06
Descripción: The concept and belief in the idea of “biocontainment” has undergone significant evolution during the past 20 years.
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