Respond & Protect: Interactive Special Pathogen Response Training for Region 6 *This in-person training session has limited seating, with a maximum capacity of 100 participants. Registration is available on a first-come, first-served basis. If all spots are filled, you may…

Registration is open for a Regional Frontline HCID Response Training hosted by SPECTRE at UTMB Health on March 24, 2026.

UTMB Health is the Level 1 RESPTC for Region 6 and part of the National Special Pathogen System (NSPS).

👉 Register: www.utmb.edu/spectre/news...

#HCID #NSPS #RESPTC

New article in Medical Laboratory Observer co-authored by NETEC Laboratory Workgroup Co-Chairs Vicki Herrera (@unmc.bsky.social) & Dr. Colleen Kraft (Emory University) highlights why laboratory readiness is essential for HCID response—not optional.

🔗 www.mlo-online.com/disease/infe...

#NETEC #HCID

Image at MoH Rwanda, with Dr Menelas Nkeshimana and Dr Thomas Paerisch shaking hands

Meeting Dr Menelas Nkeshimana (MoH Rwanda) at end of my deployment there. Underlying project EFFO @rki.de keeps going, with #HCID training and high-level isolation unit construction. Thank you - Murakoze, @MoH RWA, @RBC RWA, @Charité, @tu-braunschweig.de, @medmisso Würzburg @rki.de.

Managing Special Pathogens in Pregnancy: Challenges and Preparedness National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center

Pregnancy + high-consequence infectious diseases = unique challenges. 🌍
Learn how clinicians prepare & protect both mom & baby: netec.org/2025/11/11/m...

#TransmissionInterrupted #PregnancyCare #InfectiousDiseases #HCID #Preparedness

A team member can’t enter the patient care room? They can still make a difference.
Keep them engaged as a trained observer or training assistant to support safety& readiness.

Explore NETEC’s guide ⬇️
repository.netecweb.org/items/show/1...

#HCID #NETECNugget

The NSPS Level 2 Special Pathogen Treatment and Network Development (STAND) Award will provide $500K per facility to strengthen the nation’s special pathogen network.

👉 Learn more: https://netec.org/stand-fund-award/application/

#NETEC #SpecialPathogens #STANDAward #HCID #NSPS

Dr Shelley Segal is sharing very useful tips on actions in suspected #HCID cases!

#BPAIIGTrainingDays #EmergingInfections
@ox.ac.uk

🏥 Ready to level up your hospital’s preparedness?
NSPS Level 2 hospitals can:
✔️ Identify & isolate HCID patients fast
✔️ Minimize disruptions & reduce exposure
✔️ Join a coordinated national response

Get the Level 2 Guide today 👉 netec.org/nsps/request...

#NSPS #HCID

🌍 Remote care is reshaping HCID response.

🏠 From home testing to digital monitoring, innovative models reduce BCU activations & help hospitals manage surges.

Read 3 real-world approaches: ow.ly/fEfi50WOf9H

#NETECNugget #HCID #RemoteMonitoring #InfectiousDiseases #NETEC

Behind every strong response is strong preparedness.
This #NationalPreparednessMonth, meet the NETEC Emergency Management Workgroup—planning, training & coordinating to keep healthcare ready for high-consequence infectious diseases.

#NETEC #HealthcarePreparedness #HCID

Don’t know much about geography? Decision support for the evaluation of patients with suspected high consequence infectious diseases | Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology | Cambrid... Don’t know much about geography? Decision support for the evaluation of patients with suspected high consequence infectious diseases - Volume 5 Issue 1

Fantastic #decision_support_system to assess patients coming from abroad for #HCID (high consequences #infectious #diseases). Designed for #UnitedStates #physicians but useful even for specialists of other continents as #Europe.

#IDXposts

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Battling Monsters for Credit In June 2025, I gave a talk at the annual Human-Computer Interaction Design (HCID) Conference, at City St George’s, University of London…

Earlier this year, I gave my first talk at the annual #HCID conference I’d often attended (& learned so much from). Put a lot into preparing the talk, on the theme of ‘paradigm shift’ & about the climate module I’m involved in. Finally got round to publishing it.

dompates.medium.com/battling-mon...

🩺 HCID Training in Pascagoula!

Emory SCDP visited Singing River Health System on 8/6 for hands-on PPE and infection control training, strengthening frontline readiness for high-consequence infectious diseases.

#NETEC #HCID #HealthcareTraining #EmorySCDP

Strengthening the Response: A Framework for High-Consequence Infectious Disease Preparedness National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center

What does a resilient HCID response system look like in practice? NETEC's latest blog post distills key insights from SPRN’s Emerging Infectious Diseases article.

📖 Read the blog: netec.org/2025/08/05/s...

#NETEC #SPRN #HCID #HealthSecurity #InfectiousDiseases

🧰 When a special pathogens patient arrives, is your Category A waste plan ready?

NETEC’s new video shows how to safely package waste using vendor or in-house systems—step by step.

🎥 Watch now: repository.netecweb.org/items/show/1...

#HCID #CategoryAWaste

A Health Security article highlights how a Johns Hopkins Hospital biocontainment unit checklist was adapted in Ireland to strengthen special pathogen readiness.

📄 www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

#GlobalHealth #HealthSecurity #NETEC #JohnsHopkins #HCID

Notification Center. Offizee - Al Office Suite.

Trying to implement UX after psychological behaviour analysis. And look, no more hue, no more colorfulness. Just simple to read and focus on anything.

#ux #ui #hcid #interaction #psychology #rakibulism

🏠 New CE course: Explore home testing & remote monitoring for high-consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs).

🩺 Case studies
🔧 Tech & scalability
🌐 Ethical + jurisdictional challenges

Free & accredited: courses.netec.org/courses/clin...

#HCID #Telehealth #InfectiousDisease #NETEC

🆕 NEW RESOURCE: Know Your PPE

This practical guide covers PPE components, ensembles, and safe donning/doffing techniques for high-consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs).

🔗 View the guide: repository.netecweb.org/items/show/1...

#PPE #HCID #InfectionPrevention #NETEC #NSPS

Two speakers are presenting at the HCID Conference 2025 in a lecture room. A man is holding a microphone and speaking, while a woman stands at a podium with a laptop. Behind them, two large screens display the conference title slide, which reads: “HCID Conference 2025 – Paradigm Shift. Steph Wilson and Sara Heitlinger (Co-Directors), Stuart Scott (Interaction Lab Manager).” The man is wearing a green T-shirt, and the woman is dressed in black. A small audience is partially visible in the foreground.

Back to @citystgeorgesucu.bsky.social this morning for the #HCID conference. Last week’s Digital Transformation event was insightful and glad to have been invited to attend today’s event!
Thank you 🙂
@stuartscott.bsky.social

#HCID2025 #ParadigmShift

🌟 At #APIC2025?

📍 Visit NETEC at Booth #939 | ⏰ 11AM–2PM

💬 Today:
Identify, Isolate & Inform Strategies for Special Pathogens
🕚 11:15–11:45 AM | Solution Circle

Get expert tips for meeting Joint Commission standards.

#NETEC #APIC25 #IIIstrategy #HCID #InfectionControl

Powering Preparedness: Bellevue Hospital Leads with Scalable Models and Research in Special Pathogens National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center

🚨 New on the NETEC Blog:

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue (@bellevuehosp.bsky.social) leads the way in special pathogens preparedness with research, drills, partnerships & scalable solutions.

📖 Read more: ow.ly/2wCy50W8Aug

#InfectionPrevention #HCID #NETEC #NSPS #PublicHealth

Banner for a conference talk titled ‘Battling Monsters for Credit: Introducing Interdisciplinary Education for Climate and Sustainability’. Monochrome image of male speaker, title of conference is ‘Paradigm Shift’.

Will have to up my game here. Talking at one of my fave conferences, our annual #HCID event, on ‘Battling Monsters for Credit’ (June 24th). Part of an event on the role of design in paradigm shifts, mine’s about interdisciplinary climate education.

hcidopenday.co.uk

#HCID2025 #ParadigmShift

🏠 📺 New webinar recording: Home Testing & Remote Patient Monitoring for HCIDs

Case studies, tech needs, care models & ethical challenges—all in one essential session.

Watch now: repository.netecweb.org/items/show/1...

#NETEC #NSPS #HCID #RPM #Telehealth #InfectionPrevention #SpecialPathogens

Cassie Prather, MPH, CIC, Clinical Educator with the Region 10 RESPTC at Providence Inland Northwest Washington; Wade Miles, NRP, co-chair of the NETEC EMS Workgroup and Operations and Training Manager for the Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response at Emory University; Dr. Alexander Isakov, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAEMS, co-chair of the NETEC EMS Workgroup, Executive Director for Health Security, and Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory School of Medicine; and Darrell Ruby, CEM, co-chair of the NETEC Emergency Management Workgroup and Regional Coordinator at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital (PSHMC&CH).

Participants in PPE

🚑 NETEC + Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital (Region 10 RESPTC) led HCID EMS training in Alaska, building regional capacity for safe infectious disease transport. Big thanks to participants from LifeMed Alaska & Delta Junction EMS!

#HCID #EMS #NETEC #NSPS #RESPTC #PPE

#UNC #EMS #HCID #NETEC #NSPS #Emory #UNCHealth #ChildrensHealthcareATL #UNC
@EmoryUniversity @EmoryDeptofMed
@EmoryMedicine

High consequence infectious disease cases in the UK between 1962 and 2023 - the definitive list, described in our latest paper: microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa… #HCID

📣 Big Announcement: NETEC and the National Special Pathogen System will receive $79M of HHS funding to advance avian flu preparedness! Learn more: netec.org/2025/01/08/p...

#NETEC #NSPS #SpecialPathogens #HCID #HighConsequenceInfectiousDiseases #AvianInfluenza #BirdFlu #H5N1