Identify, Isolate, Inform: Ambulatory Care Evaluation and Management of Patients with Possible Ebola Virus Disease [2014/10/31]

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• 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: ; Flowchart/decision tree.
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• Subjects:
  • Algorithms
  • Ambulances
  • Decision Trees
  • Disease Notification
  • Ebolavirus
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / diagnosis
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control
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• Keywords:
  • Ebola
  • Ebola Virus
  • Ebola Virus Disease
  • Orthoebolavirus
• Series:
  Ebola: Identify, Isolate, Inform
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions ; Global Health
• Pages in Document:
  1 infographic
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/25810/cdc_25810_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 237.70 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
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