TY - JOUR
T1 - Building a biocontainment unit
T2 - Infrastructure and organizational experiences of the 13 regional biocontainment units in the United States
AU - Persson, Caroline
AU - Levine, Corri B.
AU - Marshall, Kara
AU - Shea, Sophia
AU - Arguinchona, Christa
AU - Carrasco, Sharon Vanairsdale
AU - Sauer, Lauren M.
AU - Herstein, Jocelyn J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024
PY - 2025/1
Y1 - 2025/1
N2 - In the United States, the system for special pathogen patient care incorporates a network of federally funded US biocontainment units that maintain operational readiness to care for patients afflicted by high-consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs). This network has expanded in number of facilities and in scope, serving as a regional resource for special pathogen preparedness. Lessons learned for maintaining these units are shared with the intent of informing new and existing biocontainment units.
AB - In the United States, the system for special pathogen patient care incorporates a network of federally funded US biocontainment units that maintain operational readiness to care for patients afflicted by high-consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs). This network has expanded in number of facilities and in scope, serving as a regional resource for special pathogen preparedness. Lessons learned for maintaining these units are shared with the intent of informing new and existing biocontainment units.
KW - High-consequence infectious diseases
KW - Special pathogens
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85202486406
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85202486406#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1016/j.ajic.2024.06.021
DO - 10.1016/j.ajic.2024.06.021
M3 - Article
C2 - 38969069
AN - SCOPUS:85202486406
SN - 0196-6553
VL - 53
SP - 150
EP - 153
JO - American Journal of Infection Control
JF - American Journal of Infection Control
IS - 1
ER -