Interim guidance for managing patients with suspected viral hemorrhagic fever in U.S. hospitals

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• Alternative Title:
  Management of patients with suspected viral hemorrhagic fever
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Infectious Diseases (U.S.)
• Description:
  This document updates recommendations (MMWR 1995; 44 (25) ;475-9 www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/000 38033.htm) for managing patients with suspected viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) who are admitted to U.S. hospitals. This document provides additional epidemiologic data on the transmission of VHF and updated recommendations on infection control precautions during patient care, environmental infection control procedures, case reporting, specimen handling and testing, handling of human remains, and post-exposure management. The terms and categories of isolation in this document are based on those outlined in the Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals (www.cdc.gov /ncidod/hip/ISOLA T/Isolat.htm l). These interim recommendations will be updated as additional information becomes available.
• Subjects:
  Autopsy Convalescence Decontamination/methods Diagnosis, Differential Disinfectants Ebolavirus Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral/diagnosis Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral/therapy Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral/transmission Hospitals Infection Control Lassa Fever/diagnosis Marburg Virus Disease/diagnosis Patient Isolation/methods Prognosis Specimen Handling/methods

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Practice Guideline
• Pages in Document:
  4 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Guidelines and Recommendations
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/22139/cdc_22139_DS1.pdf
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