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Are you ready for the next high-risk pathogen event?
Exercises simulate real-world emergencies to test response plans, identify gaps, and build confidence across your team before a real incident occurs.
Explore NETEC exercise templates:
repository.netecweb.org/exhibits/sho...
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Frontline healthcare facilities must spot, isolate, and notify fast to contain high-consequence infectious diseases. Read how in our blog post: netec.org/2025/08/05/s...
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🤝 Collaboration drives effective emergency response!
Building and maintaining partnerships through regular training and exercises ensures fast coordination and clear communication when seconds count.
🔗 Learn more at netec.org.
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🎯 PPE is your first line of defense.
✔️ Make sure it fits
✔️Make sure it's right
✔️ Make sure you know why you’re wearing it.
Download the Know Your PPE guide: repository.netecweb.org/items/show/1...
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Chikungunya truly is a “literal pain in the neck” — and in the hands, feet, and knees.
When evaluating febrile patients, ask about recent travel to areas with Aedes mosquitoes.
⚠️ Key signs: fever, debilitating joint pain, rash, fatigue.
🔗 netec.org/2025/12/16/l...
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💪 PPE preparedness is key!
Monitor usage, forecast demand, and maintain stock levels to ensure your team has the right protective equipment for special pathogen events.
🔗 Plan your supply needs with the DASH tool: repository.netecweb.org/items/show/1...
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🛠️ Prep tip: Have HVAC schematics on hand before an AIIR downtime event.
📑 Download NETEC’s Airborne Infection Isolation Room (AIIR) Downtime Checklist: repository.netecweb.org/items/show/1...
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Pregnancy care doesn’t pause for outbreaks. In labor & delivery, PPE isn’t a wardrobe—it’s a workflow. Plan protection for predictable high-risk moments so teams aren’t improvising under pressure.
🎧 Missed our podcast episode on Special Pathogens in L&D?
👉 buff.ly/mJTNtgM
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Timely, transparent, coordinated communication is essential during a special pathogen event. Work with your PIO and health partners to ensure clear, unified messaging.
NETEC’s Incident Response Guide:
🔗 repository.netecweb.org/items/show/1...
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📄 MOUs = hospital readiness. They define roles, responsibilities, and resource-sharing with internal teams and partner facilities. Review them yearly so your staff and partners know how to act during an infectious disease outbreak.
🔗 repository.netecweb.org
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There are 2 FDA-approved treatments for Ebola virus disease (Zaire orthoebolavirus):
🧬 Inmazeb (atoltivimab, maftivimab, odesivimab-ebgn)
🧬 Ebanga (ansuvimab-zykl)
Access NETEC’s Ebola resource page for more information:
🔗 repository.netecweb.org/exhibits/sho...
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Only a few providers worldwide can support long-range air transport for patients with VHFs.
NETEC led a global tabletop exercise to test coordination and readiness when demand exceeds capacity.
📖 Learn more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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🛠️ Be ready when it counts.
Bookmark NETEC’s "Know Your PPE" guide now → repository.netecweb.org/items/show/1...
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💡 Checklist Tip: If an Airborne Infection Isolation Room (AIIR) fails, immediately mask the patient to reduce the risk of airborne transmission.
📑 See more in NETEC’s AIIR Downtime Checklist: repository.netecweb.org/items/show/1...
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Assessing a patient for potential Ebola infection? 🩺
✅ Contact your jurisdictional health department immediately
✅ Follow safe assessment and care protocols
Stay prepared with NETEC’s Ebola resources:
🔗 repository.netecweb.org/exhibits/sho...
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⚠️ Special pathogens require special protection.
PPE isn’t one-size-fits-all—and understanding the why behind each piece is critical.
💻 Explore NETEC’s new “Know Your PPE” tool to strengthen your team’s readiness → repository.netecweb.org/items/show/1...
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🦇🕷️ Creepy, crawly, flying… and spreading disease! This Halloween, NETEC reminds healthcare workers and anyone who may contact these creatures to follow best practices: use PPE, practice hand hygiene, and follow facility protocols for suspected cases.
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A team member can’t enter the patient care room? They can still make a difference.
Keep them engaged as a trained observer or training assistant to support safety& readiness.
Explore NETEC’s guide ⬇️
repository.netecweb.org/items/show/1...
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🌍 Remote care is reshaping HCID response.
🏠 From home testing to digital monitoring, innovative models reduce BCU activations & help hospitals manage surges.
Read 3 real-world approaches: ow.ly/fEfi50WOf9H
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🔹 PPE isn’t one-size-fits-all. Know the risk, and choose the right protection.
🧠 NETEC’s "Know Your PPE" guide makes it easy.
📌 Save it now → repository.netecweb.org/items/show/1...
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🦠 Category A waste from Ebola, Marburg, or Lassa = strict protocols, permits & packaging.
🚨 It’s not just a hospital issue—every healthcare setting must be ready.
🎧 Hear lessons from the frontlines on safe, compliant handling:
🔗 netec.org/transmission...
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🚨 NIOSH has rescinded approval for select Kimberly-Clark & ivWatch respirators.
These models can no longer be used, sold, or made for workplaces requiring NIOSH-approved PPE.
⚠️ Stop using them now. Update your PPE inventory.
Details: netec.org/2025/07/11/n...
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Ask all patients about fever, cough, or rash.
Even if it’s not a special pathogen, these symptoms could signal an infectious disease that puts others at risk.
More information here: ow.ly/mKFf50WiyRY
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A rash can signal infectious illness—measles, varicella, HSV, or mpox.
✔️ Always use appropriate precautions
✔️ Ask about exposures (home, travel, recreation)
Learn more from NETEC’s Mpox & Pediatrics resource:
netec.org/2022/08/23/m...
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🛡️ Stop person-to-person spread of infectious diseases in healthcare settings by following standard and transmission-based precautions when an infection is suspected.
Learn more from CDC’s infection control basics:
www.cdc.gov/infection-co...
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🌍✈️🐦🦟 Understanding exposure history helps frontline providers identify potential pathogens.
Asking about travel, animal/vector contact & other risks is key to spotting special pathogens early.
📌 Screening tool: repository.netecweb.org/items/show/589
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⚠️ Dengue Warning Signs to Know:
Persistent vomiting, severe abdominal pain, fluid buildup, mucosal bleeding, lethargy, postural hypotension, liver enlargement, & increase in hematocrit.
📄 Use CDC’s Pocket Guide for assessment & care:
🔗 www.cdc.gov/dengue/media...
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As of June 13, 2025, measles outbreaks are ongoing in 35 U.S. states. When assessing patients, remember to consider domestic travel & unusual exposure risks. The best protection remains 2+ doses of MMR vaccine.
🧠 Stay informed: ow.ly/xqEw50WbQM4
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✈️ 👶 Infants 6–11 months traveling to areas with active measles outbreaks—or with other risk factors—can get an early dose of the MMR vaccine for added protection, in addition to the routine 2-dose series at 12+ months.
Learn more: www.cdc.gov/measles/trav...
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🦟 Dengue alert: Most cases are asymptomatic, but severity varies. <1% mortality. Incubation: 5–7 days. Phases: febrile (can be biphasic), critical, then recovery.
More info:
🔗 www.cdc.gov/dengue/hcp/v...
🔗 www.idsociety.org/science-spea...
🔗 www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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