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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

• Environmental infection control considerations for Ebola

  Etiquetas Contact Transmission, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Physical Infrastructure, R-IPC
  Autor: Lowe, J. J., P. L. Olinger, S. G. Gibbs, K. Rengarajan, E. L. Beam, K. C. Boulter, M. M. Schwedhelm, A. K. Hayes, C. J. Kratochvil, S. Vanairsdale, B. Frislie, J. Lewis, A. L. Hewlett, P. W. Smith, B. Gartland and B. S. Ribner
  Tema: Infection Control
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2015-07-01
  Descripción: The growing Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, coupled with the transport of patients to the United States for treatment and the first US Ebola case identified September 30, 2014, in Texas, have driven hospitals throughout the United States to be…

• Nebraska biocontainment unit design and operations

  Etiquetas Equipment and Supplies, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Physical Infrastructure, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub
  Autor: Lenaghan, P. A. and M. Schwedhelm
  Tema: Physical Infrastructure
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2015-06-01
  Descripción: Planning and design of a unique biocontainment unit specifically for care of patients with rare and highly infectious diseases presented an opportunity for nurse leaders to engage staff in crucial groundbreaking decisions.

• A Highly Infectious Disease Care Network in the US Healthcare System

  Etiquetas Public Health, R-Gen, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Autor: Le, A. B., P. D. Biddinger, P. W. Smith, J. J. Herstein, D. A. Levy, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
  Tema: General
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2017-06-01
  Descripción: During the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the United States responded by stratifying hospitals into 1 of 3 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-designated categories-based on the hospital's ability to identify, isolate, assess,…

• The National Ebola Training and Education Center: Preparing the United States for Ebola and Other Special Pathogens

  Etiquetas Ebola, Isolation/Biocontainment, NETEC, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, Special Pathogens, Training
  Autor: Kratochvil, C. J., L. Evans, B. S. Ribner, J. J. Lowe, M. C. Harvey, R. C. Hunt, A. J. Tumpey, R. P. Fagan, M. M. Schwedhelm, S. Bell, J. Maher, C. S. Kraft, N. V. Cagliuso, Sr., S. Vanairsdale, A. Vasa and P. W. Smith
  Tema: General
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2017-06-01
  Descripción: The National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) was established in 2015 in response to the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa.

• Caring for Patients With Ebola: A Challenge in Any Care FacilityEbola Containment Care

  Etiquetas Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C
  Autor: Kortepeter, M. G., P. W. Smith, A. Hewlett and T. J. Cieslak
  Tema: Treatment & Care
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2015-02-06
  Descripción: The largest outbreak of Ebola virus continues unabated in West Africa. With the recent death of a patient with Ebola virus disease at a hospital in Dallas, Texas, and the sobering reality that nosocomial spread has occurred in a U.S. facility, U.S.…
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  U.S. Ebola Treatment Center Clinical Laboratory Support

  Etiquetas Biosafety, Diagnosis, Ebola, Example, Isolation/Biocontainment, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling
  Autor: Jelden, K. C., P. C. Iwen, J. J. Herstein, P. D. Biddinger, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
  Tema: Laboratory
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2016-04-01
  Descripción: Fifty-five hospitals in the United States have been designated Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) by their state and local health authorities.

  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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  An integrated approach to laboratory testing for patients with Ebola virus disease

  Etiquetas Biosafety, Ebola, Lab, Laboratorian, Laboratory, Occupational Health, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Handling
  Autor: Iwen, P. C., J. L. Garrett, S. G. Gibbs, J. J. Lowe, V. L. Herrera, A. R. Sambol, K. Stiles, J. L. Wisecarver, K. J. Salerno, S. J. Pirruccello and S. H. Hinrichs
  Tema: Laboratory
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2014-11-01
  Descripción: Beginning in 2003, the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha developed a laboratory capability plan in conjunction with the creation of a biocontainment unit (BCU) for treatment of patients harboring emerging infectious organisms.
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  Initial Costs of Ebola Treatment Centers in the United States

  Etiquetas Ebola, Example, Isolation/Biocontainment, Physical Infrastructure, Public Health, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, State Treatment Center
  Autor: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, S. G. Gibbs, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Tema: Physical Infrastructure
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2016-02-01
  Descripción: To the Editor: The 2014–2015 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was unprecedented in scale and scope. During the outbreak, 11 patients with EVD were cared for in the United States...

  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.

• Current Capabilities and Capacity of Ebola Treatment Centers in the United States

  Etiquetas Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Public Health, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, State Treatment Center
  Autor: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Tema: General
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2016-03-01
  Descripción: To describe current Ebola treatment center (ETC) locations, their capacity to care for Ebola virus disease patients, and infection control infrastructure features. 
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  Sustainability of High-Level Isolation Capabilities among US Ebola Treatment Centers

  Etiquetas Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Public Health, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, State Treatment Center
  Autor: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, K. C. Jelden, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Tema: General
  Tipo de elemento: Publicación
  Fecha de actualización: 2017-06-01
  Descripción: To identify barriers to maintaining and applying capabilities of US high-level isolation units (HLIUs) used during the Ebola virus disease outbreak, during 2016 we surveyed HLIUs.