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Alternative Title:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Personal Author:
Nyenswah, Tolbert ; Massaquoi, Moses ; Gbanya, Miatta Zenabu ; Fallah, Mosoka ; Amegashie, Fred ; ... More +
Nyenswah, Tolbert ; Massaquoi, Moses ; Gbanya, Miatta Zenabu ; Fallah, Mosoka ; Amegashie, Fred ; Kenta, Adolphus ; Johnson, Kumblytee L. ; Yahya, Disu ; Badini, Mehboob ; Soro, Lacina ; Pessoa-Silva, Carmem L. ; Roger, Isabelle ; Selvey, Linda ; VanderEnde, Kristin ; Murphy, Matthew ; Cooley, Laura A. ; Olsen, Sonja J. ; Christie, Athalia ; Vertefeuille, John ; Navin, Thomas ; McElroy, Peter ; Park, Benjamin J. ; Esswein, Eric ; Fagan, Ryan ; Mahoney, Frank Less -
Corporate Authors:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Epidemic Intelligence Service. ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Epidemic Intelligence Service. ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Less -
Description:
From mid-January to mid-February 2015, all confirmed Ebola virus disease (Ebola) cases that occurred in Liberia were epidemiologically linked to a single index patient from the St. Paul Bridge area of Montserrado County. Of the 22 confirmed patients in this cluster, eight (36%) sought and received care from at least one of 10 non-Ebola health care facilities (HCFs), including clinics and hospitals in Montserrado and Margibi counties, before admission to an Ebola treatment unit. After recognition that three patients in this emerging cluster had received care from a non-Ebola treatment unit, and in response to the risk for Ebola transmission in non-Ebola treatment unit health care settings, a focused infection prevention and control (IPC) rapid response effort for the immediate area was developed to target facilities at increased risk for exposure to a person with Ebola (Ring IPC). The Ring IPC approach, which provided rapid, intensive, and short-term IPC support to HCFs in areas of active Ebola transmission, was an addition to Liberia's proposed longer term national IPC strategy, which focused on providing a comprehensive package of IPC training and support to all HCFs in the country. This report describes possible health care worker exposures to the cluster's eight patients who sought care from an HCF and implementation of the Ring IPC approach. On May 9, 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia.
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Adolescent Adult Child Cluster Analysis Female Health Facilities Health Personnel Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Humans Infection Control Male Middle Aged Occupational Exposure Young Adult
Source:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015; 64(18):505-508.
Pubmed ID:
25974636
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4584827
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Liberia
Collection(s):
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:03223c9ce66d04b9824197ccf91127e914da69b15471a3848db82289c9f933ef
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53904/cdc_53904_DS1.pdf
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