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High Level Biocontainment for Healthcare Facilities

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University of Nebraska

High Level Biocontainment for Healthcare Facilities

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The goal of this 4-week course is to equip learners to safely care for a patient infected with a pathogen requiring high-level biocontainment. This can be accomplished in any healthcare facility given the correct approach and protocols. Please copy and paste the following link into a new tab/browser to view the video overview of our course. http://bit.ly/2bPZ6Cz In this course, we will: 1. Discuss the essentials of intake screening. 2. Investigate pathogen transmission characteristics and the chain of infection. 3. Examine patient placement in a facility, as well as the engineering/ administrative controls. 4. Review personal protective equipment worn by the care providers. 5. Evaluate waste management and decontamination protocols. We look forward to exploring and learning with you! Dr. Medcalf and University of Nebraska Medical Center Team This project was funded by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health

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Infection Control Basics and Personal Protection Equipment

Course Overview Video (3:19)3:19

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Sharon Medcalf, PhD
Assistant Professor
Director, Center for Biosecurity, Biopreparedness, and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Analisa McMillan, MSEd
Marty Magee MSA, MLS
Instructional Design Librarian
Peggy Moore, MSEd
E-Learning Instructional Designer
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Dept. of Academic Affairs

The new and deadly virus making global headlines this evening with reports of

three more deaths.

In fact, the disease has killed half of all the people diagnosed with it,

a total of 33 now.

Tonight, it has hopped from the Middle East to Europe, and

US health officials are on alert here.

>> Update tonight on the flu, on the march again.

The map says it all, intense flu outbreaks, now 20 states.

The vast majority of the cases are the H1N1 strain, and this year,

that virus is striking a lot of young people.

>> Now the latest on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa,

which is moving faster than efforts to contain it.

>> His flight landed minutes ago, 51 year old Rick Sika

will be treated in an isolation unit at the Nebraska Medical Center in Ohama.

>> The CDC has declared me safe and free of virus.

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>> Hello, and welcome to the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

My name is Dr Sharon Medcalf, and

I'm an assistant professor in the College of Public Health,

where I oversee the graduate programs in emergency preparedness.

I'm talking to you from just inside the bio-containment unit

here at Nebraska Medicine.

We live in an age where we are constantly bombarded with infectious disease threats.

And as a health care organization, we have a responsibility to our patients to be

able to safely care for them, regardless of the infectious disease they have.

There are only a few dedicated bio-containment units in the country.

But with the right training and

knowledge, any healthcare facility should be able to safely care for such patients.

The good news is that the great staff and faculty here at UNMC and

Nebraska Medicine have been eager to share their lessons learned and

expertise gained from caring from several Ebola patients.

But we want you to be able to operate at the next level.

We want you to take what we're about to teach you and

problem solve all of the care questions yourself for your own facility.

Although I'm taking you through the doors of a bio-containment unit,

we are going to be talking about logistics that can be applied anywhere.

We're going to start with intaking the patient into your facility,

whether that means they present themselves or are being transported in.

Then we'll walk you through where in your facility you would care for this patient

and cover topics, such as environmental infection control and waste handling.

But most importantly, we will be giving you the tools to ensure that

your staff will wear the correct Personal Protective Equipment, or PPE,

as known in the industry, including the best practice for

putting it on and taking it off without contaminating one's self.

Obviously, in this nine module course,

we'll provide you with a wide variety of information, so

that at the end of the session, you'll feel confident caring for patients who

require high level bio-containment, regardless of the infectious organism.

I really hope you will join me on this educational journey.

So the patients of tomorrow, infected with emerging or

re-emerging infectious diseases, and those of us caring for them,

will be as safe as possible while they receive care.

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