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Outbreak Response And Incident Management: Shea Guidance And Resources For Healthcare Epidemiologists In United States Acute-Care Hospitals., David B Banach, B Lynn Johnston, Duha Al-Zubeidi, Allison H Bartlett, Susan Casey Bleasdale, Valerie M Deloney, Kyle B Enfield, Judith A Guzman-Cottrill, Christopher Lowe, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, Kyle J Popovich, Payal K Patel, Karen Ravin, Theresa Rowe, Erica S Shenoy, Scott Stienecker Md, Pritish K Tosh, Kavita K Trivedi

Hospital Medicine

This expert guidance document was developed as a resource to provide healthcare epidemiologists working in acute-care hospitals with a high-level overview of incident management for infectious diseases outbreaks and to prepare them to work within an emergency response framework. It addresses how the epidemiologist’s skills and expertise apply to scenarios that require enhanced preparedness and response efforts, eg, when pathogens associated with outbreaks are poorly characterized or when outbreaks require additional interventions including, but not limited to, healthcare personnel education, enhanced infection prevention and control measures, added staffing, supplies, and resources, adjustments to clinical and support activities, and external communications. …