epidemic - The Black Vault https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive Discover the Truth Sun, 14 Jun 2020 14:50:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-siteicon-2-150x150.jpg epidemic - The Black Vault https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive 32 32 87123917 Lessons from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Using Historical Examples to Inform the Department of Defense’s Response to the Next Pandemic, 2013 https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/lessons-from-the-1918-influenza-pandemic-using-historical-examples-to-inform-the-department-of-defenses-response-to-the-next-pandemic-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lessons-from-the-1918-influenza-pandemic-using-historical-examples-to-inform-the-department-of-defenses-response-to-the-next-pandemic-2013 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 23:28:13 +0000 https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/?p=9558 Background Pandemic influenza has had an impact on militaries and societies in the past, and will again, because the virus remains endemic worldwide and mutates rapidly, negating human immunity. Based on the lessons from the 1918 pandemic and the US National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza, the Department of Defense (DOD) should expand its implementation plan [...]

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Pandemic influenza has had an impact on militaries and societies in the past, and will again, because the virus remains endemic worldwide and mutates rapidly, negating human immunity. Based on the lessons from the 1918 pandemic and the US National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza, the Department of Defense (DOD) should expand its implementation plan in order to enforce containment of a future pandemic and respond to humanitarian assistance needs of partner nations.

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Lessons from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Using Historical Examples to Inform the Department of Defense’s Response to the Next Pandemic, 2013 [43 Pages, 1MB]

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]]> 9558 A Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Study, June 2012 https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/a-pandemic-influenza-preparedness-study-use-of-energetic-methods-to-decontaminate-filtering-facepiece-respirators-contaminated-with-h1n1-aerosols-and-droplets-june-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-pandemic-influenza-preparedness-study-use-of-energetic-methods-to-decontaminate-filtering-facepiece-respirators-contaminated-with-h1n1-aerosols-and-droplets-june-2012 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:39:26 +0000 https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/?p=9458 Background A major concern among healthcare experts is a projected shortage of N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) during an influenza pandemic. One option for mitigating an FFR shortage is to decontaminate and reuse the devices. Many parameters must be evaluated to verify the effectiveness of this strategy: biocidal efficacy, filtration performance, pressure drop, fit, and [...]

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A major concern among healthcare experts is a projected shortage of N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) during an influenza pandemic. One option for mitigating an FFR shortage is to decontaminate and reuse the devices. Many parameters must be evaluated to verify the effectiveness of this strategy: biocidal efficacy, filtration performance, pressure drop, fit, and residual toxicity. The focus of this research effort was to evaluate the ability of microwave/steam energy, low-temperature moist heat, and ultraviolet germicidal irradiation at 254 nm to decontaminate H1N1 influenza virus loaded onto FFRs as either aerosols or droplets. Our data indicate that all three decontamination technologies provide > 4-log reduction of viable H1N1 virus –in 93% of our experiments, the virus was removed to levels below the method detection limit. These data are encouraging and may contribute to the evolution of effective strategies for decontamination and reuse of FFRs.

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A Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Study: Use of Energetic Methods to Decontaminate Filtering Facepiece Respirators Contaminated with H1N1 Aerosols and Droplets, June 2012 [11 Pages, 1MB]

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