01/21/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 1/21/2020. This two-page document summarizes World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for surveillance of the novel coronavirus (nCoV) recently identified in Wuhan, China (2019-nCoV). WHO will update these recommendations as new information becomes available on the situation. (PDF)
01/18/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 1/18/2020. Although the transmission dynamics have yet to be determined, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently recommends a cautious approach to patients under investigation for 2019 Novel Coronavirus. This web page provides interim recommendations for infection and control, and additional infection control practices resources. (Text)
01/18/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 1/18/2020. This interim guidance is for staff at local and state health departments, infection prevention and control professionals, healthcare providers, and healthcare workers who are coordinating the home care and isolation of people who are confirmed to have, or being evaluated for 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection. It does not apply to patients in healthcare settings. (Text)
01/17/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 1/17/2020. This web page provides interim guidance for healthcare professionals regarding the 2019 novel coronavirus from Wuhan, China (2019-nCoV) in three sections: Criteria to Guide Evaluation of Patients Under Investigation (PUI) for 2019-nCoV; Recommendations for Reporting, Testing, and Specimen Collection; and Interim Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients Under Investigation for 2019-nCoV. (Text)
01/17/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 1/17/2020. Health care providers should contact their local/state health department immediately to notify them of patients with fever and lower respiratory illness who traveled to Wuhan, China within 14 days of symptom onset. This web page provides information about general guidelines, serum, and shipping related to patients under investigation for 2019 novel corona virus. (Text)
01/17/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 1/17/2020. This web page provides general and specific biosafety guidelines for handling 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) specimens, as well as information about clinical laboratory testing; packing, shipping, and transport; and related resources. Timely communication between clinical and laboratory staff is essential to minimize the risk incurred in handling specimens from patients with possible 2019-nCoV infection. (Text)
01/17/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP). Published: 1/17/2020. This 41-page paper aims to inform future humanitarian responses to epidemics or in contexts of an epidemic by drawing lessons for humanitarian practitioners from the responses to Ebola and cholera epidemics since 2010. It details nine lessons to limit the number of cases and deaths, and three lessons to limit the spillover effects of epidemics. It discusses how epidemics are happening more frequently and taking more lives in contexts where humanitarian actors operate. (PDF)
01/17/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 1/17/2020. The likelihood of importation of cases of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) to the European Union (EU) is considered to be low, but cannot be excluded in the current situation. This 10-page document presents disease background, risk assessment, and options for response. The upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations at the end of January 2020 will cause an increase in the volume of travel to/from China and within China, increasing the likelihood of possible cases arriving in the EU. (PDF)
01/16/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 1/16/2020. This web page provides information on the initial assessment and investigation of possible cases of Wuhan novel coronavirus infection, and a link to Guidance: Investigation and Initial Clinical Management of Possible Cases of Wuhan Novel Coronavirus (WN-CoV) Infection, which details preparing for an assessment, interim definition: possible cases, action to take if case definition is met for WN-CoV, results of testing, and management of confirmed cases in England. (Text)
01/15/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 1/15/2020. This web page provides information about guidance on infection prevention and control for Wuhan novel coronavirus, and a link to Wuhan Novel Coronavirus (WN-CoV) Infection Prevention and Control Guidance, which outlines infection prevention and control advice for healthcare providers assessing possible cases of WN-CoV. (Text)
01/15/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Library of Medicine [National Institutes of Health] (NLM). Published: 1/15/2020. This 27-minute video from the National Library of Medicine Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM) seeks to assist federal, state, and local public health and medical health responders who want to understand the initial medical issues after a nuclear detonation, and plan for their own response activities in various kinds of medical venues. Topics include Types of Injuries: Radiation Only, Physical Trauma/Burns Only, Combined; Radiation Dose Levels Relevant for Clinical Management; and How to Assign a Triage Category for Radiation Injury Only. (Video or Multimedia)
01/15/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Library of Medicine [National Institutes of Health] (NLM). Published: 1/15/2020. This 25-minute video from the National Library of Medicine Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM) discusses how to assign triage and decide about myeloid cytokine use for combined injury patients after a nuclear detonation. It seeks to assist federal, state, and local public health and medical health responders who want to understand the initial medical issues after a nuclear detonation, and plan for their own response activities in various kinds of medical venues. Topics include Three Injury Types, Radiation Dose Levels Relevant for Clinical Management, and How to Estimate Whole Body Dose. (Video or Multimedia)
01/15/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Library of Medicine [National Institutes of Health] (NLM). Published: 1/15/2020. This 18-minute video from the National Library of Medicine Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM) defines the categories and presents initial triage recommendations for patients after a nuclear detonation. It seeks to assist federal, state, and local public health and medical health responders who want to understand the initial medical issues after a nuclear detonation, and plan for their own response activities in various kinds of medical venues. Topics include Minimal Triage Category Defined; Nuclear Detonation: Alterations in Triage; and How Radiation Dose Affects Triage and Management. (Video or Multimedia)
01/15/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Library of Medicine [National Institutes of Health] (NLM). Published: 1/15/2020. This 15-minute video from the National Library of Medicine Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM) defines the severity levels of trauma, and presents initial triage recommendations for trauma alone patients after a nuclear detonation. It seeks to assist federal, state, and local public health and medical health responders who want to understand the initial medical issues after a nuclear detonation, and plan for their own response activities in various kinds of medical venues. Topics include Nuclear Detonation: Alterations in Triage; Physical Trauma Severity Levels Defined; and Triage Categories for Patients with Trauma Only. (Video or Multimedia)
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