The Importance of Networks and Relationships: Leveraging the Biocontainment Unit Leadership Workgroup for Special Pathogen Outbreak Response.

IF 2.1 4区 医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Health Security Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-22 DOI:10.1089/hs.2023.0151
Caroline C Persson, Christa Arguinchona, Sophia Y Shea, Lauren M Sauer
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Developing and sustaining relationships and networks before an emergency occurs is crucial. The Biocontainment Unit Leadership Workgroup is a consortium of the 13 Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Centers in the United States. Established in 2017, the volunteer-based workgroup is composed of operational leaders dedicated to maintaining readiness for special pathogen care. Monthly meetings focus on addressing operational challenges, sharing best practices, and brainstorming solutions to common problems. Task forces are leveraged to tackle more complex issues that are identified as priorities. In 2022, members of the workgroup were harnessed for response efforts related to mpox, Sudan ebolavirus, and Marburg virus disease. The weekly Outbreak Readiness call is a shared effort between the Biocontainment Unit Leadership Workgroup and the Special Pathogens Research Network of the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center. Call participants included leaders of the Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Centers and federal partners who shared weekly updates on operational readiness of units, case counts, laboratory capacity, available medical countermeasures, and other pertinent information. The routine exchange of real-time information enabled learning and collegial sharing of experiences, highlighted the experience of the network to federal partners, and provided situational awareness of special pathogen outbreaks across the country. The consortium enabled this rapid convening of partners to meet an urgent need for special pathogen response. The weekly Outbreak Readiness call is a communication model and scalable framework that serves both domestic preparedness efforts and international efforts should the need for a collaborative global response arise. In this case study, we describe the framework and experience of this partnership, along with the structure of rapid deployment for group convening.

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网络和关系的重要性:利用生物安全单位领导工作组应对特殊病原体爆发。
在紧急情况发生之前发展和维持关系与网络至关重要。生物安全单位领导工作组是由美国 13 个地区新兴特殊病原体治疗中心组成的联盟。该工作组成立于 2017 年,以志愿者为基础,由致力于保持特殊病原体治疗准备就绪的业务领导人组成。每月举行的会议侧重于应对运营挑战、分享最佳实践和集思广益解决常见问题。工作组被用来解决被确定为优先事项的更复杂的问题。2022 年,工作组的成员被用于应对与麻疹、苏丹伊波拉病毒和马尔堡病毒病有关的工作。每周的疫情准备电话会议是生物安全单位领导工作组与国家新发特殊病原体培训和教育中心的特殊病原体研究网络共同开展的一项工作。电话会议的参与者包括地区新发特殊病原体治疗中心的领导和联邦合作伙伴,他们每周都会分享有关单位的运行准备情况、病例数量、实验室能力、可用的医疗对策和其他相关信息的最新情况。例行的实时信息交流促进了学习和经验共享,向联邦合作伙伴强调了网络的经验,并提供了对全国特殊病原体爆发的态势感知。该联盟能够迅速召集合作伙伴,以满足特殊病原体应对的迫切需要。每周一次的疫情准备呼叫是一种沟通模式和可扩展的框架,既可服务于国内的准备工作,也可在需要全球合作应对时服务于国际工作。在本案例研究中,我们将介绍这种合作关系的框架和经验,以及快速部署小组召集的结构。
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Health Security PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-
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期刊介绍: Health Security is a peer-reviewed journal providing research and essential guidance for the protection of people’s health before and after epidemics or disasters and for ensuring that communities are resilient to major challenges. The Journal explores the issues posed by disease outbreaks and epidemics; natural disasters; biological, chemical, and nuclear accidents or deliberate threats; foodborne outbreaks; and other health emergencies. It offers important insight into how to develop the systems needed to meet these challenges. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Health Security covers research, innovations, methods, challenges, and ethical and legal dilemmas facing scientific, military, and health organizations. The Journal is a key resource for practitioners in these fields, policymakers, scientific experts, and government officials.
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