Treatment & Care
Preparedness Questions: These questions should serve as a guide for examining your plans and processes and applying what you learn in the Biopreparedness: Identify, Isolate, Inform Course to your own facility.
Download a copy of the questions here.
Resources
Resources to support the Preparedness questions above.
Additional Resources and References
Patient Care:
- WHO Ebola Virus Disease Manual.
Waste Management:
- CDC Guidance on Cleaning: https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/healthcare-us/cleaning/hospitals.html
- CDC Guidance for Handling VHF-Associated Waste: https://www.cdc.gov/viral-hemorrhagic-fevers/hcp/infection-control/handling-vhf-associated-waste.html
- Survivability of Ebola in medical waste: https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/healthcare-us/cleaning/ebola-virus-survivability.html
- Validation of Autoclave Protocols for Successful Decontamination of Category A Medical Waste Generated from Care of Patients with Serious Communicable Diseases. Article.
- Summary of new full guide, which supersedes the interim version published Jan 2017: Managing Solid Waste Contaminated with a Category A Infectious Substance.
- Are you preparing suspected Ebola contaminated waste for transportation? Poster
Disinfectants for Use against the Ebola Virus:
- EPA's registered antimicrobial products list.
Occupational Health:
- CDC notes on Public Health Management of People with Suspected or Confirmed VHF or High-Risk Exposures: https://www.cdc.gov/viral-hemorrhagic-fevers/php/public-health-strategy/people-with-suspected-or-confirmed-vhf-or-high-risk.html
- CDC Ebola risk classifications: https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/exposure/risk-factors-when-evaluating-person-for-exposure.html
- CDC Managing MERS Cases and Contacts for Public Health Professionals: https://www.cdc.gov/mers/php/contact-tracing/
Exercise templates:
- NETEC Exercise Templates by facility type (Tabletop, full scale, and drills)