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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

  Mots-clés Contact Transmission, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Physical Infrastructure, R-IPC
  Créateur: 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
  Sujet: Infection Control
  Type d'élément: Publication
  Date de la dernière mise à jour: 2015-07-01
  Description: 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

  Mots-clés Equipment and Supplies, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Physical Infrastructure, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub
  Créateur: Lenaghan, P. A. and M. Schwedhelm
  Sujet: Physical Infrastructure
  Type d'élément: Publication
  Date de la dernière mise à jour: 2015-06-01
  Description: 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

  Mots-clés Public Health, R-Gen, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Créateur: Le, A. B., P. D. Biddinger, P. W. Smith, J. J. Herstein, D. A. Levy, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
  Sujet: General
  Type d'élément: Publication
  Date de la dernière mise à jour: 2017-06-01
  Description: 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

  Mots-clés Ebola, Isolation/Biocontainment, NETEC, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, Special Pathogens, Training
  Créateur: 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
  Sujet: General
  Type d'élément: Publication
  Date de la dernière mise à jour: 2017-06-01
  Description: 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

  Mots-clés Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C
  Créateur: Kortepeter, M. G., P. W. Smith, A. Hewlett and T. J. Cieslak
  Sujet: Treatment & Care
  Type d'élément: Publication
  Date de la dernière mise à jour: 2015-02-06
  Description: 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

  Mots-clés Biosafety, Diagnosis, Ebola, Example, Isolation/Biocontainment, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Collection, Specimen Handling
  Créateur: 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
  Sujet: Laboratory
  Type d'élément: Publication
  Date de la dernière mise à jour: 2016-04-01
  Description: 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

  Mots-clés Biosafety, Ebola, Lab, Laboratorian, Laboratory, Occupational Health, R-Lab, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Handling
  Créateur: 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
  Sujet: Laboratory
  Type d'élément: Publication
  Date de la dernière mise à jour: 2014-11-01
  Description: 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

  Mots-clés Ebola, Example, Isolation/Biocontainment, Physical Infrastructure, Public Health, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, State Treatment Center
  Créateur: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, S. G. Gibbs, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Sujet: Physical Infrastructure
  Type d'élément: Publication
  Date de la dernière mise à jour: 2016-02-01
  Description: 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

  Mots-clés Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Public Health, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, State Treatment Center
  Créateur: 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
  Sujet: General
  Type d'élément: Publication
  Date de la dernière mise à jour: 2016-03-01
  Description: 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

  Mots-clés Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Isolation/Biocontainment, Public Health, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, Regional Treatment Center, State Treatment Center
  Créateur: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, K. C. Jelden, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
  Sujet: General
  Type d'élément: Publication
  Date de la dernière mise à jour: 2017-06-01
  Description: 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.