Information for Health Care Workers | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC TODAY JANUARY 8, 2015

Information for Health Care Workers | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC

Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease)

Information for Healthcare Workers and Settings

Infection control is a key strategy in stopping the spread of Ebola and identifying and managing patients with the Ebola virus. These pages provide a framework to assist health departments, hospitals, and other emergency care settings to develop Ebola preparedness plans and provide healthcare workers in different settings with basic disease information, guidance documents, diagnostic tools, and job aids to help safely identify and care for patients with Ebola.

• Web-Based PPE Training
• Medscape: PPE Donning And Doffing Demonstration (N95/Gown)
• New York City Ebola Training

Guidance - U.S. Healthcare Settings

Hospital Preparedness - Tiered Approach

• A Framework for a Tiered Approach
• Preparing Frontline Healthcare Facilities
• Preparing Ebola Assessment Hospitals
• Preparing Ebola Treatment Centers
  • Current Ebola Treatment Centers

Emergency Departments

• Background and Triage Recommendations
• Algorithm for Emergency Departments[PDF - 1 page]

Ambulatory Care

• Algorithm for Ambulatory Care[PDF - 1 page]

Management of Hospitalized Ebola Patients

• Infection Prevention and Control
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Selecting Protective Clothing
  • PPE Supply Considerations
• Acute Hemodialysis
• Screening and Caring for Pregnant Women with Ebola Virus Disease
• Handling Human Remains

Medical Transport

• Emergency Medical Services and 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Points
  • Algorithm for Emergency Medical Services and 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Points[PDF - 4 pages]
• Air Medical Transport

Laboratories

• Specimen Collection, Transport, Testing, and Submission or as a PDF[PDF - 1 page]
• Diagram: Packaging and Shipping Clinical Specimens
• FAQs: Safe Specimen Management
• Select Agent Regulations

Environmental Infection Control

• Guidance
• Waste Management
• Information on the Survivability of the Ebola Virus in Medical Waste

Evaluating Patients

Algorithm for Evaluating Returned Travelers[PDF - 1 page]

Think Ebola[PDF - 1 page]

Healthcare Workers

• Case Definition for Ebola Virus Disease
• Information for Clinicians
• Considerations for Discharging Persons Under Investigation for Ebola
• Ebola 101 for Healthcare Professionals[PPT - 33 pages]
• When Caring for Suspect or Confirmed Patients with Ebola
• Resources for Pediatric Healthcare Professionals

Preparedness in Healthcare Settings

• Hospital Preparedness: A Tiered Approach
• Healthcare Facility Checklist[PDF - 2 pages]
• Healthcare Provider Checklist[PDF - 2 pages]
• Healthcare Coalition Checklist[PDF - 4 pages]
• Emergency Medical Services Checklist[PDF - 5 pages]

• Non-U.S. Healthcare Settings

  • Infection Control in International Healthcare Settings and Communities
  • Training for Healthcare Workers Going to West Africa

  More

  Webinars

  • CDC - Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA)
  • HHS/ASPR - Preparing Your Healthcare System for Ebola (Call)

  Related Information

  • Monitoring and Movement Guidance
  • Epidemiologic Risk Factors to Consider when Evaluating a Person for Exposure to Ebola Virus
  • Ebola Readiness Self-Assessment for State and Local Public Health Officials

  Non CDC Resources

  • Emory Healthcare
  • Nebraska Medical Center
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Doctors Without Borders (MSF)[PDF - 134 pages]
  • HIPAA Privacy in Emergency Situations[PDF - 4 pages]
  • HIPAA in Emergency Situations: Preparedness, Planning, and Response