Monkeypox or MPXV: Hospital Nurses & Caregivers

Practical Tips for Healthcare Workers During the Current Monkeypox Outbreak (APIC; 31-AUG-2022)

Hospital Nurses & Hospital Employees

• Infection Prevention and Control of Monkeypox in Healthcare Settings (CDC)
• ANA/APIC Healthcare Worker Monkeypox Exposure Screening Tool ( A Word Document will open) (30-AUG-2022)

• Should all patient caregivers have pre-exposure vaccine (PrEP)? (CDC)

• Patient Placement - PPE - Waste Management - Environmental - Laundry - Duration of Isolation - Visitors - Risk to Healthcare Professionals (CDC)
• Hand hygiene: alcohol-based hand sanitizer is effective  (CDC)
• Monkeypox Infection prevention and control guidance for primary and acute care settings (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) Printable document
• Hospitalisation for Monkeypox in Milan, Italy (Trav Med and Infect Dis SEP-OCT-2022)

Monkeypox Specimen Collection (2:13)

Laboratories

• Laboratory Personnel (CDC)
• Laboratory Procedures & Biosafety Guidelines (CDC)
• How to Report Results (CDC)
• Preparing, Collecting, & Shipping  Specimens (CDC) Includes printable information sheets for persons obtaining samples
• For Monkeypox Testing, Use Lesion Swab Samples to Avoid False Results (FDA) 

Emergency Depts & Personnel

• Monkeypox 2022: A primer and Identify-Isolate-Inform (3I) Tool for Emergency Medical Services Professionals (Prehosp & Disast Med 04-AUG-2022)
• Monkeypox: A focused narrative review for emergency medicine clinicians (Am J Emerg Med 2022-NOV)