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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

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  Critical Care for the Patient with Ebola Virus Disease (EBV): The Nebraska Perspective

  Etiquetas Critical Care, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Therapeutics
  Autor: Vasa, A., M. Schwedhelm and D. Johnson
  Tema: Treatment & Care
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2015-11-26
  Descripción: Care for patients with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and other highly infectious diseases is demanding and requires an unwavering commitment to teamwork and stringent infection control measures.

• Clinical management of Ebola virus disease in the United States and Europe

  Etiquetas Clinical Care Guidelines, Critical Care, Ebola, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Therapeutics
  Autor: Uyeki, T. M., A. K. Mehta, R. T. Davey Jr, A. M. Liddell, T. Wolf, P. Vetter, S. Schmiedel, T. Grünewald, M. Jacobs and J. R. Arribas
  Tema: Treatment & Care
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2016-02-18
  Descripción: Available data on the characteristics of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) and clini- cal management of EVD in settings outside West Africa, as well as the complications observed in those patients, are limited.

• A detailed instructional process for donning and doffing level C personal protective equipment in a healthcare setting

  Etiquetas Donning and Doffing, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE
  Autor: Swanhorst, J., K. Boulter, A. Vasa, B. Boeckman and M. Schwedhelm
  Tema: Training and Exercises
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2014-06-09
  Descripción: Use of Level C personal protective equipment is an uncommon practice in the routine provision of nursing care.
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  Ebola Virus Disease: Experience and Decision Making for the First Patients outside of Africa

  Etiquetas CONOPS, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Intake, Pre-hospital Transport, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Region 4, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Autor: Stephens, D. S., B. S. Ribner, B. D. Gartland, N. R. Feistritzer, M. M. Farley, C. P. Larsen and J. T. Fox
  Tema: Treatment & Care
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2015-07-28
  Descripción: David Stephens and colleagues describe their experience of treating patients with Ebola virus disease at Emory University in the United States.

• Planning and response to Ebola virus disease: An integrated approach

  Etiquetas Ebola, Emergency Management, EMS, Exercises and Drills, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, R-Lead, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, Staffing, Staffing Model, Training, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Autor: Smith, P. W., K. C. Boulter, A. L. Hewlett, C. J. Kratochvil, E. J. Beam, S. G. Gibbs, J. M. Lowe and M. M. Schwedhelm
  Tema: General
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2015-05-01
  Descripción: The care of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) requires the application of critical care medicine principles under conditions of stringent infection control precautions.

• Reflections on interprofessional team-based clinical care in the ebola epidemic: The Nebraska Medicine experience

  Etiquetas Ebola, Nursing, Patient Care, R-T&C, Staff Support, Staffing, Staffing Model, Training
  Autor: Schwedhelm, S., E. L. Beam, R. D. Morris and J. G. Sebastian
  Tema: Treatment & Care
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2015-02-01
  Descripción: Team-based interprofessional care has become the gold standard for comprehensive and efficient health care.

• Building a National Capability to Monitor and Assess Medical Countermeasure Use During a Public Health Emergency: Going Beyond the Last Mile: Proceedings of a Workshop

  Etiquetas Ethics, Federal Research Partners, Informed Consent, Institutional Review Board (IRB), Patient Care, Prophylaxis, Public Health, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics, Vaccine Study
  Autor: National Academies of Sciences, E. and Medicine
  Tema: Research
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2017-10-31
  Descripción: During public health emergencies (PHEs) involving chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear threats or emerging infectious diseases, medical countermeasures (MCMs) (e.g., drugs, vaccines, devices) may need to be dispensed or administered to…
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  Treatment of Ebola

  Etiquetas Critical Care, Ebola, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Therapeutics
  Autor: Mehta, A. K., G. M. Lyon and J. B. Varkey
  Tema: Treatment & Care
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2015-04-23
  Descripción: To the Editor: We were struck by the similarity of transient vascular leak in Ebola virus disease (EVD), as reported by Lyon et al. (Dec. 18 issue),1 with that which occurs in dengue....

• Clinical Management of Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in High-Resource Settings

  Etiquetas Critical Care, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Staffing, Staffing Model, Therapeutics
  Autor: Marshall Lyon, G., A. K. Mehta and B. S. Ribner
  Tema: Treatment & Care
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2017-06-11
  Descripción: Like most viral illnesses in humans, supportive care of the patient is the mainstay of clinical care for patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD).
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  Clinical care of two patients with Ebola virus disease in the United States

  Etiquetas Critical Care, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, R-PM, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Staffing, Staffing Model, Therapeutics
  Autor: Lyon, G. M., A. K. Mehta, J. B. Varkey, K. Brantly, L. Plyler, A. K. McElroy, C. S. Kraft, J. S. Towner, C. Spiropoulou, U. Stroher, T. M. Uyeki, B. S. Ribner and U. Emory Serious Communicable Diseases
  Tema: Treatment & Care
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2014-12-18
  Descripción: West Africa is currently experiencing the largest outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in history.