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communicable diseases, global center for health security, hazard, infection control, PPE, Prevention, risk, team safety, US Public Health Service

Risk Assessment and Deployment: Section One

This module provides valuable information on how high-consequence infectious diseases impact risk assessment and offers recommendations for preventing and managing infections in public health settings, with a particular focus on the deployment of public health workers.

Sep 15, 2023

communicable diseases, global center for health security, hazard, infection control, PPE, risk, team safety, US Public Health Service

Risk Assessment and Deployment: Section Two

This module provides valuable information on how high-consequence infectious diseases impact risk assessment and offers recommendations for preventing and managing infections in public health settings, with a particular focus on the deployment of public health workers.

Sep 15, 2023

communicable diseases, global center for health security, hazard, infection control, PPE, Prevention, risk, team safety, US Public Health Service

Team Dynamics and Creating a Safe Working Environment

This module describes team-based challenges, stressors, and risk points for working in high-risk environments. This module also identifies the use of teamwork tools designed to improve team performance and communication skills.

Sep 15, 2023

communicable diseases, decision-making, ethics, global center for health security, infection control, long term care, PPE, TSQC, US Public Health Service, zoning

Ethical Concerns and Zones of Contamination

This module covers the basics of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) decision-making when deployed to a Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF), including applying appropriate Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures related to personal protective equipment (PPE). It also covers ethical principles that might come into conflict when trying to prevent the spread of infection   

Jan 24, 2023

ambulance draping, communicable diseases, coordination, infection control, loading, patient transport, plane transport, TSQC, unloading

EMS Mortuary Services: Transport Operations

This module describes the critical logistical elements of the pre-transport, operational, and post-transport phases. The module will also cover proper infection control concepts, including zones of contamination, that are critical to the three phases of transport: pre-transport, operational, and post-transport.

Jul 12, 2021

ambulance draping, communicable diseases, infection control, loading, patient transport, PIU, TSQC, unloading

EMS Mortuary Services: Ambulance Infection Control for Biocontainment Transport

This module describes the critical elements of risk assessment, preparation and planning required for a biocontainment transport of a patient with an airborne transmission illness, Ebola virus disease or another highly infectious disease. The module identifies situations when ambulance draping might be employed and discuss equipment that can be used to protect the ambulance patient […]

Jul 12, 2021