Identify, isolate, inform: Background and considerations for Ebola virus disease preparedness in U.S. ambulatory care settings

Am J Infect Control. 2015 Nov;43(11):1244-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.06.032. Epub 2015 Aug 12.

Abstract

Public health activities to identify and monitor persons at risk for Ebola virus disease in the United States include directing persons at risk to assessment facilities that are prepared to safely evaluate for Ebola virus disease. Although it is unlikely that a person with Ebola virus disease will unexpectedly present to a nonemergency ambulatory care facility, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have provided guidance for this setting that can be summarized as identify, isolate, and inform.

Keywords: Ebola; Infection control; Outpatients; United States.

MeSH terms

  • Ambulatory Care
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
  • Civil Defense / methods*
  • Communicable Disease Control / methods*
  • Disease Notification*
  • Ebolavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Health Policy*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • United States