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Morgan A Shradar1, Jackson Gruber1, Michael C Wadman1

  • 1Morgan A. Shradar, MPH, RN, is a Nursing Professional Development Specialist, and Jackson Gruber is Regional Special Pathogens Program Coordinator; Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE. Michael C. Wadman, MD, is Medical Director, National Quarantine Unit, and Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; John J. Lowe, PhD, is Director, Global Center for Health Security, and Chair, Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, College of Public Health; Shelly M. Schwedhelm, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, is Associate Director, Global Center for Health Security; James Lawler, MD, MPH, FIDSA, is the Woody and Paula Varner Professor and Associate Director for International Programs and Innovation, Global Center for Health Security, and Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases; Christopher J. Kratochvil, MD, is Distinguished Chair, Global Center for Health Security, and Vice Chancellor for External Relations; and Angela Vasa, MSN, RN, is Director, Biopreparedness and Special Pathogen Programs, Nebraska Medicine, Director, Readiness Consultations and Metrics Development, National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC), and Scholar, Global Center for Health Security; all at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE. Dwight Ferguson, PhD, MS, REHS/RS, MT(ASCP), is a Lieutenant Commander, US Public Health Service, and Regional Emergency Coordinator, Region VII, Regional Response Office; and Joe Lamana, MPA, is Director of International Operations; both at the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, Washington, DC. Jill S. Cunningham, MBA, MPH, is a Management Analyst, Operational Medicine Directorate, Bureau of Medical Services, US Department of State, Washington DC.

Health security
|December 5, 2024
PubMed
概括

一次演习评估了国家隔离单位 (NQU) 对新出现的传染病的准备情况. 组织之间的合作加强了NQU的能力,患者运输和诊断测试,以改善公共卫生准备.

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