March 2021

Clinical Alert: Due to new Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, North Kivu Province and in Guinea, N’Zerekore Perfecture, EDs are encouraged to review Ebola protocols and screening procedures.

Related: US implements precautionary restrictions on travelers from countries facing Ebola outbreak

News & Updates

• CDC to Require Airlines to Collect Contact Information for Passengers from DRC and Guinea (March 2021)
• CDC Health Alert Network: Guidance for using Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Ebola in the US (December 2019)
• WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak an International Health Emergency (July 2019)
• CDC Guidance for Developing a Plan for Interfacility Transport of Persons Under Investigation or Confirmed Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in the United States (January 28, 2016)
• CDC Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) To Be Used By Healthcare Workers during Management of Patients with Confirmed Ebola or Persons under Investigation (PUIs) for Ebola who are Clinically Unstable or Have Bleeding, Vomiting, or Diarrhea in U.S. Hospitals, Including Procedures for Donning and Doffing PPE (August 27, 2015)
    

Ebola Background & Diagnosis

• Case Definition for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) 
• Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease) Diagnosis 
    

ED Triage

• Frequently Asked Questions on Screening for Ebola Virus Disease for Providers, Healthcare Facilities and Health Departments 
• Identify, Isolate, Inform: Emergency Department Evaluation and Management for Patients Who Present with Possible Ebola Virus Disease (October 2014) Flow chart algorithm
• Interim Guidance for Hospital Preparedness: A Framework for a Tiered Approach 
• Ebola Screening
      

Personal Protective  Equipment

• Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) To Be Used By Healthcare Workers during Management of Patients with Confirmed Ebola or Persons under Investigation (PUIs) for Ebola who are Clinically Unstable or Have Bleeding, Vomiting, or Diarrhea in U.S. Hospitals, Including Procedures for Donning and Doffing PPE 
• Considerations for U.S. Healthcare Facilities to Ensure Adequate Supplies of PPE for Ebola Preparedness
• Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment To Be Used by Healthcare Workers During Management of Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in U.S. Hospitals, Including Procedures for Putting On (Donning) and Removing (Doffing) 

Treatment

• Guidance for Screening and Caring for Pregnant Women with Ebola Virus Disease for Healthcare Providers in U.S. Hospitals 
• Interim Guidance for Specimen Collection, Transport, Testing, and Submission of Specimens Testing 
    

Provider & Patient Education

• Guidance for Developing a Plan for Interfacility Transport of Persons Under Investigation or Confirmed Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in the United States - January 28, 2016
  From the CDC
• Ebola Preparedness: Emergency Department Training Modules
  From the CDC - February 17, 2015
• Ten Key “Facts” About Ebola: True or False? - Nov. 7, 2014 
  From NEJM Journal Watch
• The 2014 Ebola Virus Outbreak and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases - Oct. 21, 2014
  This is a draft chapter from KOENIG AND SCHULTZ'S DISASTER MEDICINE: COMPREHENSIVE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE, 2ND EDITION, which was published in early 2016.
• Ebola Virus Disease: Essential Public Health Principles for Clinicians - Sept. 26, 2014
  Article in press from the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
    

Communications & Publications

 

• Emergency Physicians Can Be “Voice of Reason” in Ebola Outbreak - Oct. 28, 2014
  From ACEP Now
    

EMS

• Identify, Isolate, Inform: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems and 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for Management of Patients Who Present with Possible Ebola Virus Disease (Ebola) in the United States - Jan. 12, 2015
    

Preparedness

• National Guidance for Healthcare System Preparedness - January 2012
     

Quarantine & Isolation Issues

• Is There a Case for Quarantine? Perspectives from SARS to Ebola - March 23, 2015
  From Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
• Health Care Worker Quarantine for Ebola: To Eradicate the Virus or Alleviate Fear? - December 2014
  From Annals of Emergency Medicine
• Interim Guidance for Environmental Infection Control in Hospitals for Ebola Virus - updated Nov. 14, 2014
    

Other Resources

• The Joint Commission - Preparing for Ebola Response in U.S. Health Care Facilities - October, 2014
• CMS: Information for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) Concerning Possible Ebola Virus Disease - Oct. 10.2014

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