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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.
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 .

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:

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Collection Resources

Marburg Virus: Diagnostic Testing, Packaging, and Shipping

Etiquetas Diagnosis, Laboratory Testing, Marburg, Packing and Shipping, R-Lab

Autor: NETEC
Tema: Laboratory
Tipo de elemento: Hipervínculo
Fecha de actualización: 2023-04-11
Descripción: This NETEC blog post discusses when to test for Marburg Virus Disease, diagnostic testing for MVD, guidelines for specimen collection, and packaging and shipping Marburg specimens.
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)

Etiquetas Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-Lab

Autor: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Tema: Laboratory
Tipo de elemento: Hipervínculo
Fecha de actualización: 2023-01-23
Descripción: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulates all laboratory testing (except research) performed on humans in the U.S. through the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). In total, CLIA covers approximately 320,000…
Guidance on Performing Routine Diagnostic Testing for Patients with Suspected VHFs or Other High-Consequence Disease

Etiquetas Diagnosis, Ebola, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-Lab

Autor: CDC
Tema: Laboratory
Tipo de elemento: Hipervínculo
Fecha de actualización: 2023-04-30
Descripción: This webpage provides guidance for hospitals and clinical laboratories on performing routine diagnostic testing necessary for management and care of patients with a suspected viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) or other high-consequence disease while…
Travel Health Notices

Etiquetas Outbreaks, R-IIT, Travel Screening

Autor: CDC
Tema: General
Tipo de elemento: Hipervínculo
Fecha de actualización: 2023-03-27
Descripción: Travel Health Notices inform travelers and clinicians about current health issues that impact travelers’ health, like disease outbreaks, special events or gatherings, and natural disasters, in destinations around the world. See types of travel…
CDC Current Outbreak List

Etiquetas Outbreaks, R-IIT

Autor: CDC
Tema: General
Tipo de elemento: Hipervínculo
Fecha de actualización: 2022-12-30
Descripción: Infectious disease outbreaks currently being reported on by CDC. Listings include those outbreaks for which content is currently published on the CDC website.
Travel Clinical Assistant (TCA)

Etiquetas Outbreaks, R-IIT, Travel Screening, Vaccines

Autor: Georgia Department of Public Health
Tema: Intake and Internal Transport
Tipo de elemento: Hipervínculo
Fecha de actualización: 2023
Descripción: The Travel Clinical Assistant provides post-travel clinical information on travel-related diseases for 231 countries. Diseases with recent outbreaks occurring in the last 2 years are listed first. For recent outbreaks, information on clinical…
Example: Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Decontamination of an Ambulance that has Transported a Person under Investigation or Patient with Confirmed Ebola

Etiquetas Decontamination, Ebola, Ebola Decontamination, Infection Prevention and Control, Pre-Hospital, R-EMS, R-PreH, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Autor: CDC
Tema: Pre-hospital
Tipo de elemento: Guía
Fecha de actualización: 2016-01-28
Descripción: This resource was originally commissioned and published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.This SOP can serve as a model for emergency medical services (EMS) transport agencies to standardize the procedures and responsibilities for…
Example: Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Patient Handoff between a Healthcare Facility and a Transporting Ambulance

Etiquetas Intake, Pre-Hospital, Pre-hospital Transport, R-EMS, R-PreH, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

Autor: CDC
Tema: Pre-hospital
Tipo de elemento: Guía
Fecha de actualización: 2016-01-08
Descripción: This resource was originally commissioned and published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.This document provides guidance to facilitate planning for and execution of patient handoff between personnel at a fixed facility (hospital…
UNMC — Global Center for Health Security — THE TRANSMISSION

Etiquetas COVID-19, Influenza, Marburg, R-EM, Special Pathogens

Autor: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
Tema: General
Tipo de elemento: Hipervínculo
Fecha de actualización: 2023
Descripción: Timely and relevant global health security news curated by Global Center for Health Security (GCHS).
Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Breaches

Etiquetas Gloves, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE

Autor: NETEC
Tema: Infection Control
Tipo de elemento: Hipervínculo
Fecha de actualización: 2022-11-03
Descripción: This NETEC blog post discusses breaches, contamination, how to develop a breach plan, and resources for health care facilities.