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CDC Ebola guidance : evaluating level of risk

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      HIGH RISK

      • Direct contact with blood or body fluids from a person showing symptoms of Ebola while not wearing personal protective equipment (PPE).

      • Living with and caring for a person showing symptoms of Ebola.

      • Direct contact with a dead body while in a country with a large Ebola outbreak or a small outbreak that may be hard to control without wearing PPE.

      • Direct contact with blood or body fluids from a person showing symptoms of Ebola through splashes to eyes, nose, or mouth, through a break in the skin, or through a needle stick.

      • Processing blood or body fluids from a person showing symptoms of Ebola without wearing PPE undertaking standard biosafety precautions.

      SOME RISK

      • Close contact (within 3 feet) for a long time with a person showing symptoms of Ebola while not wearing PPE.

      • Direct contact while in a country with a large Ebola outbreak or a small outbreak that may be hard to control with a person showing symptoms of Ebola while wearing appropriate PPE.

      LOW RISK

      • Having been in a country with a large Ebola outbreak or a small outbreak that may be hard to control within the past 21 days with no known exposures.

      • Brief direct contact, such as shaking hands, with a person who has Ebola while not wearing PPE.

      • Being in the same room for a short amount of time with a person showing symptoms of Ebola.

      • Direct contact with a person showing symptoms of Ebola in a country without a large Ebola outbreak or a small outbreak that may be hard to control while wearing appropriate PPE.

      • Having traveled on an airplane with a person showing symptoms of Ebola.

      NO RISK

      • Contact with a person with Ebola before their symptoms began.

      • Having left a country with a large Ebola outbreak or small outbreak that may be hard to control more than 21 days ago.

      • Having been in a country without a large Ebola outbreak or small outbreak that may be hard to control.

      • Contact with a healthy person who had contact with someone showing symptoms of Ebola.

      • Having been on an aircraft or ship and did not leave the plane or ship or the area close by while in a country with a large Ebola outbreak or a small outbreak that may be hard to control.

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