Procedures for Personal Protective Equipment | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDCInformation for Health Care Workers | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC

Procedures for Personal Protective Equipment | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDCInformation for Health Care Workers | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC

• CDC has released updated guidance onpersonal protective equipment (PPE) to be used by healthcare workers during management of patients with Ebola virus disease in US hospitals, including procedures for putting on (donning) and removing (doffing).
• Starting October 27, public health authorities will conduct active post-arrival monitoring of all travelers whose travel originated in the Ebola-affected countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone, or Guinea.
• CDC reminds healthcare workers to“Think Ebola” [PDF–149KB] by taking a detailed travel and exposure history for any patient with fever, severe headache, muscle pain, weakness, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain, or unexplained hemorrhage.

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