Identify, Isolate, Inform: Ambulatory Care Evaluation and Management of Patients with Possible Ebola Virus Disease

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• Alternative Title:
  Ambulatory care evaluation and management of patients with possible Ebola virus disease
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  1) Identify travel and direct exposure history
  
  2) Identify signs and symptoms
  
  3) Isolate patient immediately: avoid unnecessary direct contact
  
  4) Inform health department and prepare for safe transport
  
  PPE in the ambulatory care setting:
  
  • No one should have direct contact with a Person Under Investigation for Ebola without wearing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
  
  • If PPE is available and direct patient contact necessary, a single staff member (trained in proper donning and removal of PPE) should be designated to interact with the Person Under Investigation. • At a minimum, health care workers should use the following PPE before direct patient contact:
  
  A. Face shield & surgical face mask, B. Impermeable gown, and
  
  C. Two pairs of gloves.
  
  • The designated staff member should refrain from direct interaction with other staff and patients in the office until PPE has been safely removed in a designated, confined area. Examples of safe donning and removal of PPE should be reviewed:
  
  2014 October 31 9:42PM
  
  CS_252427
  
  
• Subjects:
  Algorithms Ambulatory Care Facilities Disease Notification Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Diagnosis Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Prevention & Control Patient Isolation Protective Clothing Protective Devices
• Document Type:
  Poster
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Pages in Document:
  1 infographic
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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