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Creator: Barksdale, Aaron Nathan, Wesley G. Zeger, Joshua L. Santarpia, Vicki L. Herrera, Daniel N. Ackerman, John J. Lowe, and Michael C. Wadman.
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-04-31
Description: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and highly contagious nature of SARS-CoV-2, emergency departments (EDs) have been forced to implement new measures and protocols to minimize the spread of the disease within their departments. The primary… -
Creator: Borromeo Flinn, Jade, Jesse J. Benza, Lauren M. Sauer, Christopher Sulmonte, Noreen A. Hynes, and Brian T. Garibaldi.
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-06-17
Description: The biocontainment unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital is a specially designed, inactive high-level isolation unit designated to care for patients infected with high-consequence pathogens. The unit team designed a facility-specific readiness scale and…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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Creator: CDC
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-09-13
Description: Few data exist to guide the physical design of biocontainment units, particularly the doffing area. -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2015-08-28
Description: Page Summary Who this is for: State and local health departments and frontline healthcare facilities (acute care hospitals, and other emergency care settings including urgent care clinics, and critical access hospitals). This guidance does not… -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2018-08-30
Description: Page Summary Who this is for: State and local health departments and acute care hospitals that may serve as Ebola assessment hospitals. What this is for: Guidance to assist state and local health departments and acute care hospitals as they… -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2015-01-28
Description: Page Summary Who this is for: State and local health departments and acute care hospitals designated as Ebola treatment centers. What this is for: Guidance to assist state and local health departments and acute care hospitals as they develop… -
Creator: Farhad Memarzadeh, ASHE-FGI monograph
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2013
Description: Current recommended ventilation rates for health care facilities are not always based on hard data, but on experience. In this joint ASHE-FGI monograph, Farhad Memarzadeh, PhD, PE, looks at research on hospitals, schools, aircraft, and other vehicles…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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Creator: Flinn, Jade B., Noreen A. Hynes, Lauren M. Sauer, Lisa L. Maragakis, and Brian T. Garibaldi.
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-09-04
Description: In response to the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016, the US Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) established 10 regional treatment centers, called biocontainment units (BCUs) to prepare and provide care for patients…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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Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, S. G. Gibbs, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 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.
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Creator: Herstein, Jocelyn J., Aurora B. Le, Lily A. McNulty, Sean A. Buehler, Paul D. Biddinger, Angela L. Hewlett, John J. Lowe, and Shawn G. Gibbs.
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-05
Description: In 2014, 56 US hospitals were designated as Ebola treatment centers (ETCs). ETCs had minimum augmented capability requirements for Ebola virus disease care, including for staffing and training. We sought to identify current ETC staffing challenges…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.