In recognition of Emergency Nurses Week, NETEC spoke with two emergency nurses who bring their frontline experience to special pathogen preparedness. A new study published in Infection Control & ...

When a patient arrives at a hospital with symptoms consistent with a high-consequence infectious disease (HCID), timely laboratory testing is critical for diagnosis, clinical decision-making, and ...

Healthcare providers should consider a diagnosis of plague in patients who have symptoms consistent with the disease and who live, or have recently traveled to, the western United States or other ...

Andes hantavirus is rare, geographically concentrated, and the only hantavirus currently known to spread person to person. In this episode of Transmission Interrupted, Jill Morgan, Dr. Gaby Frank, and ...

In this episode of Transmission Interrupted, host Jill Morgan, RN, invites Gavin Harris, MD, and Gaby Frank, MD, to discuss their recent New England Journal of Medicine review of Andes virus, covering ...

New World screwworm may sound like something from a horror movie, but it’s a real and potentially devastating threat to livestock, wildlife, pets, and even humans. In this episode of Transmission ...

Standard operating procedures (SOP) are essential in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for promoting consistency, safety, efficiency, and compliance with existing regulations. NETEC has developed a new ...

NETEC’s new course is designed to help EMS professionals understand the most important biosafety considerations for transporting patients suspected or confirmed to be infected with viral hemorrhagic ...

In this episode of Transmission Interrupted, host Jill Morgan leads a compelling conversation with leading experts at the intersection of air transport and high-consequence infectious disease (HCID) ...

When caring for patients with suspected high-consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs) such as Ebola, Lassa fever, Marburg virus disease, or Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), timely laboratory ...

54 U.S. health care facilities accepted into the National Special Pathogen System as Level 2 Treatment Centers The National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC) announced ...