Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Gender Equality and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

08/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). Published: 8/2019. This four-page document discusses the strong linkages between gender equality and access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). It also examines how climate change and pollution have intensified stress on water resources and have consequences for the availability and continuity of WASH services. Water and climate change are linked, as the effects of climate change are felt through droughts, floods, and storms. (PDF)

Behavioral Health Considerations for Patients and Healthcare Workers

06/21/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC). Published: 6/21/2019. This course will provide strategies and information on the many aspects of behavioral health considerations for patients and staff. This includes strategies for mitigating the potentially harmful psychological effects of isolation on patients, their families, and the medical staff who care for them, and strategies to promote the psychological well-being and resilience of health care workers. Topics related to the psychological impact of treating infectious diseases and risk factors for emotional distress are also discussed. (Video or Multimedia)

Special Pathogens of Concern: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

05/31/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC). Published: 5/31/2019. This course describes pathogen-related factors that may warrant treatment in a biocontainment unit or special pathogen isolation area. Learners will be able to describe the clinical presentation, management, and treatment of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). The course is intended primarily for healthcare workers and teams in a biocontainment unit or special pathogen isolation area environment. Additional medical staff and public health professionals may also find the course to be of benefit. (Video or Multimedia)

Infection Control for Special Pathogen Isolation

02/22/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC). Published: 2/22/2019. This course will provide information on the importance of having robust infection control procedures in place to care for a patient with Ebola or other special pathogen. Topics include patient placement, patient care, donning and doffing personal protective equipment, and how to transfer and dispose of waste from care of the patient. This course is intended primarily for healthcare workers and teams in a biocontainment unit or special pathogen isolation area. (Video or Multimedia)

Special Pathogens of Concern: Ebola Virus Disease

09/11/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC). Published: 9/11/2018. This course describes pathogen-related factors that may warrant treatment in a biocontainment unit. Learners will be able to describe the clinical presentation of Ebola. The course is intended primarily for healthcare workers and teams in a biocontainment unit or high-level isolation environment. Additional medical staff and public health professionals may also find the course to be of benefit. (Video or Multimedia)