Frontline Leadership: Nurses in Special Pathogens Preparedness and Response.

Autor: Flinn JB; Jade B. Flinn, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, is Director of Operations, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD., Arguinchona CL; Christa L. Arguinchona, MSN, RN, CCRN, is Manager, Special Pathogens, Special Pathogens Program, Providence Health and Services, Spokane, WA., Vasa A; Angela Vasa, MSN, RN, is Director, Biopreparedness and Special Pathogens Programs, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE., Carrasco SV; Sharon Vanairsdale Carrasco, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, NP-C, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, FNAP, is an Associate Clinical Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA., Agreiter I; Iris Agreiter, MSN, RN, is a Clinical Nurse Manager 2, National Isolation Unit, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland., Boxnick S; Stefan Boxnick, MSN, RN, CCRN, is Senior HLIU Coordinator, High-Level Isolation Unit, Düsseldorf, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Düsseldorf, Germany., Stadtmann B; Benjamin Stadtmann, BSN, RN, is Senior HLIU Coordinator, High-Level Isolation Unit Berlin, Medical Department for Infectious Diseases and Pneumology, Campus Virchow-Clinic, University Hospital Charité, Berlin, Germany., Tennill PA; Patricia Ann Tennill, RN, BSN, is Director of Nursing, Nurse Lead, Special Pathogens Program, NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, New York, NY.

Publikováno v: Health security [Health Secur] 2024 Sep; Vol. 22 (S1), pp. S131-S135. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 03.

Building Clinical Care Capacity for Patients With Special Pathogens in Advance of the Next Outbreak.

Autor: Wiesner L; Lauren Wiesner, MD, is Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; Aaron Resnick, MA, is Program Director, Biocontainment Unit; Bethany Little, BSN, RN, NHDP-BC, is Nursing Operations Director and Training and Education Coordinator, Biocontainment Unit; Glenn Wortmann, MD, is Section Director, Infectious Diseases; Craig DeAtley, PA-C, is Director, Institute for Public Health Emergency Readiness; and Shane B. Kappler, MD, MS, FACEP, is Medical Director, Biocontainment Unit; all at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Lauren Wiesner is also an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Glenn Wortmann is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases); and Shane B. Kappler is also an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology; all at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. Jade Flinn, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, is Director of Operations, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Brian T. Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, FACP, FRCP(E), was Director, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Director, Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit; all at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Brooke Brewer, RN, MS, CIC, is Program Manager, Infection Prevention; Natalie A. Schnell, BSN, RN, R-BC, CIC, is an Infection Prevention Nurse Educator; and David A. Wohl, MD, and William A. Fischer II, MD, are Co-Directors; all at the Special Pathogen Response Center, Region 4 Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC. William A. Fischer II is also Director of Emerging Pathogens, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Sharon Vanairsdale Carrasco, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, NP-C, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, is an Associate Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, and Program Director, Region 4 Ebola and Other Special Pathogens Treatment Center, Emory University Hospital/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; both in Atlanta, GA., Flinn J; Lauren Wiesner, MD, is Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; Aaron Resnick, MA, is Program Director, Biocontainment Unit; Bethany Little, BSN, RN, NHDP-BC, is Nursing Operations Director and Training and Education Coordinator, Biocontainment Unit; Glenn Wortmann, MD, is Section Director, Infectious Diseases; Craig DeAtley, PA-C, is Director, Institute for Public Health Emergency Readiness; and Shane B. Kappler, MD, MS, FACEP, is Medical Director, Biocontainment Unit; all at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Lauren Wiesner is also an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Glenn Wortmann is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases); and Shane B. Kappler is also an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology; all at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. Jade Flinn, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, is Director of Operations, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Brian T. Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, FACP, FRCP(E), was Director, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Director, Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit; all at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Brooke Brewer, RN, MS, CIC, is Program Manager, Infection Prevention; Natalie A. Schnell, BSN, RN, R-BC, CIC, is an Infection Prevention Nurse Educator; and David A. Wohl, MD, and William A. Fischer II, MD, are Co-Directors; all at the Special Pathogen Response Center, Region 4 Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC. William A. Fischer II is also Director of Emerging Pathogens, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Sharon Vanairsdale Carrasco, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, NP-C, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, is an Associate Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, and Program Director, Region 4 Ebola and Other Special Pathogens Treatment Center, Emory University Hospital/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; both in Atlanta, GA., Brewer B; Lauren Wiesner, MD, is Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; Aaron Resnick, MA, is Program Director, Biocontainment Unit; Bethany Little, BSN, RN, NHDP-BC, is Nursing Operations Director and Training and Education Coordinator, Biocontainment Unit; Glenn Wortmann, MD, is Section Director, Infectious Diseases; Craig DeAtley, PA-C, is Director, Institute for Public Health Emergency Readiness; and Shane B. Kappler, MD, MS, FACEP, is Medical Director, Biocontainment Unit; all at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Lauren Wiesner is also an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Glenn Wortmann is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases); and Shane B. Kappler is also an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology; all at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. Jade Flinn, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, is Director of Operations, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Brian T. Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, FACP, FRCP(E), was Director, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Director, Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit; all at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Brooke Brewer, RN, MS, CIC, is Program Manager, Infection Prevention; Natalie A. Schnell, BSN, RN, R-BC, CIC, is an Infection Prevention Nurse Educator; and David A. Wohl, MD, and William A. Fischer II, MD, are Co-Directors; all at the Special Pathogen Response Center, Region 4 Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC. William A. Fischer II is also Director of Emerging Pathogens, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Sharon Vanairsdale Carrasco, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, NP-C, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, is an Associate Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, and Program Director, Region 4 Ebola and Other Special Pathogens Treatment Center, Emory University Hospital/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; both in Atlanta, GA., Resnick A; Lauren Wiesner, MD, is Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; Aaron Resnick, MA, is Program Director, Biocontainment Unit; Bethany Little, BSN, RN, NHDP-BC, is Nursing Operations Director and Training and Education Coordinator, Biocontainment Unit; Glenn Wortmann, MD, is Section Director, Infectious Diseases; Craig DeAtley, PA-C, is Director, Institute for Public Health Emergency Readiness; and Shane B. Kappler, MD, MS, FACEP, is Medical Director, Biocontainment Unit; all at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Lauren Wiesner is also an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Glenn Wortmann is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases); and Shane B. Kappler is also an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology; all at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. Jade Flinn, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, is Director of Operations, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Brian T. Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, FACP, FRCP(E), was Director, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Director, Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit; all at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Brooke Brewer, RN, MS, CIC, is Program Manager, Infection Prevention; Natalie A. Schnell, BSN, RN, R-BC, CIC, is an Infection Prevention Nurse Educator; and David A. Wohl, MD, and William A. Fischer II, MD, are Co-Directors; all at the Special Pathogen Response Center, Region 4 Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC. William A. Fischer II is also Director of Emerging Pathogens, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Sharon Vanairsdale Carrasco, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, NP-C, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, is an Associate Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, and Program Director, Region 4 Ebola and Other Special Pathogens Treatment Center, Emory University Hospital/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; both in Atlanta, GA., Carrasco SV; Lauren Wiesner, MD, is Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; Aaron Resnick, MA, is Program Director, Biocontainment Unit; Bethany Little, BSN, RN, NHDP-BC, is Nursing Operations Director and Training and Education Coordinator, Biocontainment Unit; Glenn Wortmann, MD, is Section Director, Infectious Diseases; Craig DeAtley, PA-C, is Director, Institute for Public Health Emergency Readiness; and Shane B. Kappler, MD, MS, FACEP, is Medical Director, Biocontainment Unit; all at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Lauren Wiesner is also an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Glenn Wortmann is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases); and Shane B. Kappler is also an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology; all at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. Jade Flinn, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, is Director of Operations, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Brian T. Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, FACP, FRCP(E), was Director, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Director, Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit; all at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Brooke Brewer, RN, MS, CIC, is Program Manager, Infection Prevention; Natalie A. Schnell, BSN, RN, R-BC, CIC, is an Infection Prevention Nurse Educator; and David A. Wohl, MD, and William A. Fischer II, MD, are Co-Directors; all at the Special Pathogen Response Center, Region 4 Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC. William A. Fischer II is also Director of Emerging Pathogens, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Sharon Vanairsdale Carrasco, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, NP-C, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, is an Associate Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, and Program Director, Region 4 Ebola and Other Special Pathogens Treatment Center, Emory University Hospital/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; both in Atlanta, GA., Garibaldi BT; Lauren Wiesner, MD, is Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; Aaron Resnick, MA, is Program Director, Biocontainment Unit; Bethany Little, BSN, RN, NHDP-BC, is Nursing Operations Director and Training and Education Coordinator, Biocontainment Unit; Glenn Wortmann, MD, is Section Director, Infectious Diseases; Craig DeAtley, PA-C, is Director, Institute for Public Health Emergency Readiness; and Shane B. Kappler, MD, MS, FACEP, is Medical Director, Biocontainment Unit; all at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Lauren Wiesner is also an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Glenn Wortmann is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases); and Shane B. Kappler is also an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology; all at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. Jade Flinn, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, is Director of Operations, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Brian T. Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, FACP, FRCP(E), was Director, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Director, Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit; all at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Brooke Brewer, RN, MS, CIC, is Program Manager, Infection Prevention; Natalie A. Schnell, BSN, RN, R-BC, CIC, is an Infection Prevention Nurse Educator; and David A. Wohl, MD, and William A. Fischer II, MD, are Co-Directors; all at the Special Pathogen Response Center, Region 4 Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC. William A. Fischer II is also Director of Emerging Pathogens, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Sharon Vanairsdale Carrasco, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, NP-C, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, is an Associate Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, and Program Director, Region 4 Ebola and Other Special Pathogens Treatment Center, Emory University Hospital/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; both in Atlanta, GA., Wohl DA; Lauren Wiesner, MD, is Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; Aaron Resnick, MA, is Program Director, Biocontainment Unit; Bethany Little, BSN, RN, NHDP-BC, is Nursing Operations Director and Training and Education Coordinator, Biocontainment Unit; Glenn Wortmann, MD, is Section Director, Infectious Diseases; Craig DeAtley, PA-C, is Director, Institute for Public Health Emergency Readiness; and Shane B. Kappler, MD, MS, FACEP, is Medical Director, Biocontainment Unit; all at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Lauren Wiesner is also an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Glenn Wortmann is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases); and Shane B. Kappler is also an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology; all at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. Jade Flinn, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, is Director of Operations, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Brian T. Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, FACP, FRCP(E), was Director, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Director, Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit; all at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Brooke Brewer, RN, MS, CIC, is Program Manager, Infection Prevention; Natalie A. Schnell, BSN, RN, R-BC, CIC, is an Infection Prevention Nurse Educator; and David A. Wohl, MD, and William A. Fischer II, MD, are Co-Directors; all at the Special Pathogen Response Center, Region 4 Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC. William A. Fischer II is also Director of Emerging Pathogens, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Sharon Vanairsdale Carrasco, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, NP-C, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, is an Associate Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, and Program Director, Region 4 Ebola and Other Special Pathogens Treatment Center, Emory University Hospital/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; both in Atlanta, GA., Little B; Lauren Wiesner, MD, is Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; Aaron Resnick, MA, is Program Director, Biocontainment Unit; Bethany Little, BSN, RN, NHDP-BC, is Nursing Operations Director and Training and Education Coordinator, Biocontainment Unit; Glenn Wortmann, MD, is Section Director, Infectious Diseases; Craig DeAtley, PA-C, is Director, Institute for Public Health Emergency Readiness; and Shane B. Kappler, MD, MS, FACEP, is Medical Director, Biocontainment Unit; all at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Lauren Wiesner is also an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Glenn Wortmann is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases); and Shane B. Kappler is also an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology; all at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. Jade Flinn, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, is Director of Operations, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Brian T. Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, FACP, FRCP(E), was Director, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Director, Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit; all at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Brooke Brewer, RN, MS, CIC, is Program Manager, Infection Prevention; Natalie A. Schnell, BSN, RN, R-BC, CIC, is an Infection Prevention Nurse Educator; and David A. Wohl, MD, and William A. Fischer II, MD, are Co-Directors; all at the Special Pathogen Response Center, Region 4 Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC. William A. Fischer II is also Director of Emerging Pathogens, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Sharon Vanairsdale Carrasco, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, NP-C, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, is an Associate Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, and Program Director, Region 4 Ebola and Other Special Pathogens Treatment Center, Emory University Hospital/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; both in Atlanta, GA., Schnell NA; Lauren Wiesner, MD, is Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; Aaron Resnick, MA, is Program Director, Biocontainment Unit; Bethany Little, BSN, RN, NHDP-BC, is Nursing Operations Director and Training and Education Coordinator, Biocontainment Unit; Glenn Wortmann, MD, is Section Director, Infectious Diseases; Craig DeAtley, PA-C, is Director, Institute for Public Health Emergency Readiness; and Shane B. Kappler, MD, MS, FACEP, is Medical Director, Biocontainment Unit; all at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Lauren Wiesner is also an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Glenn Wortmann is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases); and Shane B. Kappler is also an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology; all at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. Jade Flinn, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, is Director of Operations, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Brian T. Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, FACP, FRCP(E), was Director, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Director, Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit; all at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Brooke Brewer, RN, MS, CIC, is Program Manager, Infection Prevention; Natalie A. Schnell, BSN, RN, R-BC, CIC, is an Infection Prevention Nurse Educator; and David A. Wohl, MD, and William A. Fischer II, MD, are Co-Directors; all at the Special Pathogen Response Center, Region 4 Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC. William A. Fischer II is also Director of Emerging Pathogens, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Sharon Vanairsdale Carrasco, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, NP-C, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, is an Associate Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, and Program Director, Region 4 Ebola and Other Special Pathogens Treatment Center, Emory University Hospital/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; both in Atlanta, GA., Wortmann G; Lauren Wiesner, MD, is Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; Aaron Resnick, MA, is Program Director, Biocontainment Unit; Bethany Little, BSN, RN, NHDP-BC, is Nursing Operations Director and Training and Education Coordinator, Biocontainment Unit; Glenn Wortmann, MD, is Section Director, Infectious Diseases; Craig DeAtley, PA-C, is Director, Institute for Public Health Emergency Readiness; and Shane B. Kappler, MD, MS, FACEP, is Medical Director, Biocontainment Unit; all at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Lauren Wiesner is also an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Glenn Wortmann is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases); and Shane B. Kappler is also an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology; all at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. Jade Flinn, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, is Director of Operations, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Brian T. Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, FACP, FRCP(E), was Director, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Director, Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit; all at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Brooke Brewer, RN, MS, CIC, is Program Manager, Infection Prevention; Natalie A. Schnell, BSN, RN, R-BC, CIC, is an Infection Prevention Nurse Educator; and David A. Wohl, MD, and William A. Fischer II, MD, are Co-Directors; all at the Special Pathogen Response Center, Region 4 Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC. William A. Fischer II is also Director of Emerging Pathogens, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Sharon Vanairsdale Carrasco, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, NP-C, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, is an Associate Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, and Program Director, Region 4 Ebola and Other Special Pathogens Treatment Center, Emory University Hospital/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; both in Atlanta, GA., DeAtley C; Lauren Wiesner, MD, is Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; Aaron Resnick, MA, is Program Director, Biocontainment Unit; Bethany Little, BSN, RN, NHDP-BC, is Nursing Operations Director and Training and Education Coordinator, Biocontainment Unit; Glenn Wortmann, MD, is Section Director, Infectious Diseases; Craig DeAtley, PA-C, is Director, Institute for Public Health Emergency Readiness; and Shane B. Kappler, MD, MS, FACEP, is Medical Director, Biocontainment Unit; all at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Lauren Wiesner is also an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Glenn Wortmann is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases); and Shane B. Kappler is also an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology; all at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. Jade Flinn, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, is Director of Operations, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Brian T. Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, FACP, FRCP(E), was Director, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Director, Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit; all at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Brooke Brewer, RN, MS, CIC, is Program Manager, Infection Prevention; Natalie A. Schnell, BSN, RN, R-BC, CIC, is an Infection Prevention Nurse Educator; and David A. Wohl, MD, and William A. Fischer II, MD, are Co-Directors; all at the Special Pathogen Response Center, Region 4 Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC. William A. Fischer II is also Director of Emerging Pathogens, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Sharon Vanairsdale Carrasco, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, NP-C, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, is an Associate Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, and Program Director, Region 4 Ebola and Other Special Pathogens Treatment Center, Emory University Hospital/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; both in Atlanta, GA., Kappler SB; Lauren Wiesner, MD, is Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; Aaron Resnick, MA, is Program Director, Biocontainment Unit; Bethany Little, BSN, RN, NHDP-BC, is Nursing Operations Director and Training and Education Coordinator, Biocontainment Unit; Glenn Wortmann, MD, is Section Director, Infectious Diseases; Craig DeAtley, PA-C, is Director, Institute for Public Health Emergency Readiness; and Shane B. Kappler, MD, MS, FACEP, is Medical Director, Biocontainment Unit; all at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Lauren Wiesner is also an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Glenn Wortmann is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases); and Shane B. Kappler is also an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology; all at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. Jade Flinn, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, is Director of Operations, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Brian T. Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, FACP, FRCP(E), was Director, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Director, Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit; all at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Brooke Brewer, RN, MS, CIC, is Program Manager, Infection Prevention; Natalie A. Schnell, BSN, RN, R-BC, CIC, is an Infection Prevention Nurse Educator; and David A. Wohl, MD, and William A. Fischer II, MD, are Co-Directors; all at the Special Pathogen Response Center, Region 4 Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC. William A. Fischer II is also Director of Emerging Pathogens, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Sharon Vanairsdale Carrasco, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, NP-C, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, is an Associate Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, and Program Director, Region 4 Ebola and Other Special Pathogens Treatment Center, Emory University Hospital/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; both in Atlanta, GA., Fischer WA; Lauren Wiesner, MD, is Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; Aaron Resnick, MA, is Program Director, Biocontainment Unit; Bethany Little, BSN, RN, NHDP-BC, is Nursing Operations Director and Training and Education Coordinator, Biocontainment Unit; Glenn Wortmann, MD, is Section Director, Infectious Diseases; Craig DeAtley, PA-C, is Director, Institute for Public Health Emergency Readiness; and Shane B. Kappler, MD, MS, FACEP, is Medical Director, Biocontainment Unit; all at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Lauren Wiesner is also an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Glenn Wortmann is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases); and Shane B. Kappler is also an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology; all at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. Jade Flinn, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, is Director of Operations, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Brian T. Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, FACP, FRCP(E), was Director, Johns Hopkins Special Pathogens Center, and Director, Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit; all at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Brooke Brewer, RN, MS, CIC, is Program Manager, Infection Prevention; Natalie A. Schnell, BSN, RN, R-BC, CIC, is an Infection Prevention Nurse Educator; and David A. Wohl, MD, and William A. Fischer II, MD, are Co-Directors; all at the Special Pathogen Response Center, Region 4 Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC. William A. Fischer II is also Director of Emerging Pathogens, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Sharon Vanairsdale Carrasco, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, NP-C, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, is an Associate Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, and Program Director, Region 4 Ebola and Other Special Pathogens Treatment Center, Emory University Hospital/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; both in Atlanta, GA.

Publikováno v: Health security [Health Secur] 2024 Sep; Vol. 22 (S1), pp. S66-S75. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 21.

Category A waste processing and disposal is a critical weakness in the United States response plans for outbreaks of high consequence infectious diseases.

Autor: Gibbs SG; Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Electronic address: sgibbs@tamu.edu., Schwedhelm MM; Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE; Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, Omaha, NE; University of Nebraska Medical Center, Global Center for Health Security, Omaha, NE., Lowe JJ; University of Nebraska Medical Center, Global Center for Health Security, Omaha, NE; Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health, Omaha, NE., Tennill P; Department of Nursing, NYC Health + Hospitals, Bellevue, NY., Persson CC; Administration Department, Denver Health & Hospital Authority, Denver, CO., Carrasco SV; Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Emory Serious Communicable Diseases Unit, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA., Biddinger PD; Division of Emergency Preparedness, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Brigham, Boston, MA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Publikováno v: American journal of infection control [Am J Infect Control] 2024 Jan; Vol. 52 (1), pp. 136-138. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 05.