Bioemergency planning : a guide for healthcare facilities /: a guide for healthcare facilities. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Angela Hewlett.
• Editors: Hewlett, Angela; Murthy, Rekha K
• Contents: Intro; Dedication; Preface; Contents; Editors and Contributors; Editors; Contributors; 1: Communicable Diseases and Emerging Pathogens: The Past, Present, and Future of High-Level Containment Care; Introduction; Patients Who Might Warrant Care in a High-Level Containment Care Unit; The Pathogens; Ebola; Marburg; Lassa; Lujo; New World Arenaviruses; Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever; Nipah; Hendra; The SARS Coronavirus; The MERS Coronavirus; Highly Pathogenic Influenza Strains; Variola (Smallpox); Monkeypox; Pneumonic Plague; XDR-TB; Discussion; References 2: Designing Medical Facilities to Care for Patients with Highly Hazardous Communicable DiseasesIntroduction; Background; Design Features of Containment Units; Adapting Design Features for More General Use; References; 3: Administrative Considerations When Preparing for Bioemergencies; Introduction; Emergency Management; Leadership Team; Public Partnerships; Finance; Screening; Administrative and Operational Controls; Regulatory; Accreditation; Conclusion; References; 4: Communications in Times of Crisis: A Narrative; Preparation; Ebola in Nebraska; Conclusion 5: Strategies for Waste Management and DecontaminationIntroduction; Medical Waste Regulation; Medical Waste Suspected of HHCD Contamination; On-Site Waste Sterilization; Packaging Category A Waste for Transportation and Off-Site Disposal; Liquid Waste; Laboratory Waste; Decontamination; Lessons Learned and Recommendations; References; 6: Laboratory Processing of Specimens; Introduction and Background; Safety: Risk Assessment and Mitigation; Laboratory Testing; Pre-analytical Processes; Analytical Processes; Post-analytical Processes; Sustainability; Conclusions; References; 7: Staffing IntroductionStaffing Model; Compelled vs. Volunteer Service; Makeup of the Team; Team Leadership; Physician Team; Nursing Team; Infection Control Practitioners; Additional Staff; Employee Health Screening and Monitoring; Administrative Logistics; Staffing of the Patient Care Facility During Activation; Minimizing Disruption to the Healthcare Facility; Staff Compensation and Finances; Communications; Staff Engagement; Future Directions; Conclusions; References; 8: Transportation of Patients in a Bioemergency; Out-of-Hospital Transport; Hierarchy of Controls; Elimination of Potential Exposure Engineering and Environmental ControlsAdministrative Controls; Safety Equipment and PPE; Education and Training; Special Considerations; Stakeholders; Clinical Care Guidelines; Communication; Post Mission; Decontamination and Disinfection; Intra-facility Transport; Conclusion; References; 9: Special Populations: Labor and Delivery; Introduction; Background; Facility; Miscarriage; Antenatal Care; General Labor Considerations; Anesthesia; Obstetric Emergencies; Ethics; Conclusion; References; 10: Biocontainment Principles for Pediatric Patients; Introduction
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 614.4; Medicine; Emerging infectious diseases -- Prevention; Communicable diseases -- Prevention; Health facilities; Emergency medicine; MEDICAL / Forensic Medicine; MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine; MEDICAL / Public Health; Communicable diseases -- Prevention; Emergency medicine; Health facilities; Medical -- Emergency Medicine; Medical -- Epidemiology; Medical -- Public Health; Medical -- Nursing -- General; Accident & emergency medicine; Epidemiology & medical statistics; Public health & preventive medicine; Nursing; Emerging infectious diseases; Epidemiology; Nursing; Medical -- Infectious Diseases; Infectious & contagious diseases; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319770321; 3319770322
• Related ISBNs: 9783319770314; 3319770314
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 12, 2018).
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