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Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Information and Emergency Response



12/31/2018 12:00 AM EST


Source: University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Published: 9/2018. This six-page document provides guidelines for doffing Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) Level personal protective equipment (PPE), in a manner that will prevent staff exposure to potential contaminates acquired during the care of patients with highly hazardous communicable diseases, such as Ebola. (PDF)
12/31/2018 12:00 AM EST


Source: University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Published: 8/2018. This four-page document provide guidelines for doffing high level personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent exposure to a highly hazardous communicable disease, such as Ebola. It provides a list of materials and detailed steps doffing PPE for primary and partner needs. (PDF)
12/31/2018 12:00 AM EST


Source: University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Published: 8/2018. This two-page document provides guidelines for donning high level personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect staff from exposure to highly hazardous communicable diseases, such as Ebola. It provides a list of materials and detailed steps for donning the equipment. (PDF)
12/31/2018 12:00 AM EST


Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Preparedness and Response (CDC CPR). Published: 7/19/2018. This Web page provides information about and links "to get started" for the 15 Public Health Preparedness Capabilities: Public Health Laboratory Testing, Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation, Community Preparedness, Community Recovery, Medical Countermeasure Dispensing, Medical Material Management and Distribution, Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions, Emergency Operations Coordination, Emergency Public Information and Warning, Information Sharing, Fatality Management, Mass Care, Medical Surge, Volunteer Management, and Responder Safety and Health. (Text)
12/31/2018 12:00 AM EST


Source: Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education [Oak Ridge Associated Universities] (ORISE). Published: 7/2018. This one-page algorithm depicts prehospital radiological triage after a mass casualty incident when radiation is detected, and an improvised nuclear device/nuclear weapon is suspected. It details steps for Initial and Secondary Triage. (PDF)
12/31/2018 12:00 AM EST


Source: University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Published: 7/2018. This three-page document provides instructions on how to set up an Isopod to allow for the safe transportation of a patient with a highly hazardous communicable disease, such as Ebola. An Isopod is a device used in the transportation of a patient potentially with an infectious diseasea, either internally at a facility, or from one facility to another. (PDF)
12/31/2018 12:00 AM EST


Source: University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Published: 6/2018. This three-page document provides guidelines for donning Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) Level personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect staff from exposure to highly hazardous communicable diseases, such as Ebola. It provides a list of materials and detailed steps for donning the equipment. (PDF)
12/31/2018 12:00 AM EST


Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 5/28/2018. These three forms are intended only for clinicians and nurses taking care of patients with Ebola virus disease. They provide standardized information that needs to be collected by the clinicians at admission time, every day, and at time of discharge. (PDF)
12/31/2018 12:00 AM EST


Source: University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Published: 5/2018. This four-page document provides guidelines for the use of a containment wrap during intra-facility transport or direct admission from the emergency department to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit of a patient with a highly hazardous communicable disease such as Ebola. If the patient is not in an Isopod, he/she will be placed in a containment wrap. (PDF)
12/31/2018 12:00 AM EST


Source: University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Published: 4/2018. This one-page document provides Isopod cleaning and storage policy and procedure. An Isopod is a device used in the transportation of a patient potentially with an infectious disease such as Ebola, either internally at a facility, or from one facility to another. (PDF)
12/29/2018 12:00 AM EST


Source: Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR). Published: 11/2018. This Web page provides information, materials, and recordings from the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research 13th Forum, held on November 13-14, 2018. The theme was Ethics of Data Sharing and Biobanking in Health Research, and presentation topics included Governance of health data sharing in post-Ebola West Africa: Lessons, realities and prospects. (Video or Multimedia)
12/29/2018 12:00 AM EST


Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency [Department of Homeland Security] (FEMA). Published: 10/2018. This 291-page report details how, in response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) deployed a Mitigation Assessment Team (MAT) to evaluate damage and document observations. The conclusions and recommendations in this report are intended to provide decision-makers, designers, contractors, planners, code officials, industry groups, government officials, academia, homeowners, and business owners and operators with information and technical guidance that can be used to reduce future hurricane damage. Chapter 5, Section 1 provides an overview of the MAT's visit to five hospitals to evaluate damage and gather information on impacts of the storms, including power outages and evacuations. (PDF)

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