What does the latest research tell us about recognizing and treating Andes virus—and where do important gaps in the evidence remain? In a recent review published in The New England Journal of Medicine ...
What happens when the next pandemic emerges from a pathogen we didn’t see coming? On this episode of Transmission Interrupted, Jill Morgan speaks with epidemiologist, researcher, and author Dr.
During International Infection Prevention Week, NETEC talks with Erica Shenoy, MD, PhD, about what emergency department healthcare personnel can teach us about making infection prevention work in the ...
Emergency nurses routinely care for patients before the cause of their symptoms is clear. They make decisions with the ...
In this episode of Transmission Interrupted, Jill Morgan joins Dr. Aneesh Mehta, Dr. Jay Varkey, and Dr. Colleen Kraft to remember Dr. Bruce Ribner, a physician, educator, hospital epidemiologist, and ...
Preparing healthcare workers to safely use personal protective equipment (PPE) for special pathogens presents a particular training challenge: The events are rare, the stakes are high, and the PPE and ...
As the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda continues to spread — with over 2,000 cases and more than 600 deaths — host Jill Morgan sits down with Dr. Tom Geisbert ...
The National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC) announced the second round of health care facilities selected to receive funding through the National Special Pathogen ...
In a recent episode of Transmission Interrupted, host Jill Morgan, RN, Site Manager at the Emory Serious Communicable Diseases Unit, talks with Katie Willet, MD, FACEP, Associate Professor, UNMC ...
Step inside one of the most unique corners of American healthcare as Transmission Interrupted takes you behind the scenes of the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center ...
Emerging infectious diseases continue to challenge healthcare systems around the world. While the likelihood of encountering a patient with a high-consequence infectious disease (HCID) remains low for ...