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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.
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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

Document Type:
Pamphlet (or booklet)
Genre:
Practice Guideline
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
Guidelines and Recommendations
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