TY - JOUR
T1 - The National Ebola Training and Education Center
T2 - Preparing the United States for Ebola and Other Special Pathogens
AU - Kratochvil, Christopher J
AU - Evans, Laura
AU - Ribner, Bruce S.
AU - Lowe, John-Martin J
AU - Harvey, Melissa Cole
AU - Hunt, Richard C.
AU - Tumpey, Abbigail J.
AU - Fagan, Ryan P.
AU - Schwedhelm, Michelle M.
AU - Bell, Sonia
AU - Maher, John
AU - Kraft, Colleen S.
AU - Cagliuso, Nicholas V.
AU - Vanairsdale, Sharon
AU - Vasa, Angela
AU - Smith, Philip W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright 2017, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2017.
PY - 2017/6
Y1 - 2017/6
N2 - The National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) was established in 2015 in response to the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa. The US Department of Health and Human Services office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sought to increase the competency of healthcare and public health workers, as well as the capability of healthcare facilities in the United States, to deliver safe, efficient, and effective care to patients infected with Ebola and other special pathogens nationwide. NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, Emory University, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine were awarded this cooperative agreement, based in part on their experience in safely and successfully evaluating and treating patients with Ebola virus disease in the United States. In 2016, NETEC received a supplemental award to expand on 3 initial primary tasks: (1) develop metrics and conduct peer review assessments; (2) develop and provide educational materials, resources, and tools, including exercise design templates; (3) provide expert training and technical assistance; and, to add a fourth task, create a special pathogens clinical research network.
AB - The National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) was established in 2015 in response to the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa. The US Department of Health and Human Services office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sought to increase the competency of healthcare and public health workers, as well as the capability of healthcare facilities in the United States, to deliver safe, efficient, and effective care to patients infected with Ebola and other special pathogens nationwide. NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, Emory University, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine were awarded this cooperative agreement, based in part on their experience in safely and successfully evaluating and treating patients with Ebola virus disease in the United States. In 2016, NETEC received a supplemental award to expand on 3 initial primary tasks: (1) develop metrics and conduct peer review assessments; (2) develop and provide educational materials, resources, and tools, including exercise design templates; (3) provide expert training and technical assistance; and, to add a fourth task, create a special pathogens clinical research network.
KW - Biocontainment
KW - Ebola
KW - Education
KW - Hospital preparedness/response
KW - Infectious diseases
KW - Personal protective equipment
KW - Training
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U2 - 10.1089/hs.2017.0005
DO - 10.1089/hs.2017.0005
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28636442
AN - SCOPUS:85021016270
SN - 2326-5094
VL - 15
SP - 253
EP - 260
JO - Health Security
JF - Health Security
IS - 3
ER -