Ebola Healthcare Provider Information
Health Care Provider Webinar - November 29, 2022 (12:00pm – 1:00pm)
What to do if You Have a Patient Presenting with Suspected Ebola Virus Disease
Although in most circumstances diagnoses of other acute communicable diseases will be much more likely than EVD, even among travelers from affected countries, facilities should remain vigilant for EVD, but also consider COVID-19, influenza, malaria, measles, gastroenteritis, and other illnesses that affect both travelers and non-travelers. Whenever there is concern about EVD, you must discuss your patient's particular case with your local health department or New York City Department of Health (NYCDOHMH), as appropriate.
Screen any ill patient who presents with fever and additional symptoms related to EVD per the patient registration protocol outlined above with criteria outlined in the October 27, 2022 Ebola Hospital Advisory. Ensure that screening for COVID-19 continues. For patients identified as potentially ill with EVD, follow the post-screening protocols listed in the advisory.
Providers are required to identify and maintain in up-to-date status two (2) lead points of contact in the Health Commerce System (HCS) Communications Directory in the role of 24/7 Ebola Lead. Instructions are available here as well as in October 27, 2022 Ebola Hospital Advisory.
Resources
Alerts and Advisories
- October 27, 2022: Ebola Hospital Advisory (PDF)
- October 7, 2022: Health Advisory: Outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (Sudan Ebolavirus) in Central Uganda (PDF)
- CDC Travel Health Notices
Patient Evaluation and Management
- CDC Guidance for Confirmed Ebola Patients or Clinically Unstable PUIs in US Hospitals, Including Donning and Doffing of PPE
- Emergency Department Evaluation and Management for EVD PUIs
- CDC Interim Guidance for Preparing Frontline Healthcare Facilities for EVD PUIs
- CDC Ebola Information for Clinicians
- Guidance for Screening and Caring for Pregnant Women with EVD for Healthcare Providers in U.S. Hospitals
- CDC - When Caring for Suspected or Confirmed Patients with Ebola
Testing and Laboratory Resources
- NYS/NYC Guidance for Laboratory Testing and Management of Persons-under-investigation, for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Non-designated Hospitals (PDF)
- NYS/NYC Laboratory Guidelines for Handling Specimens from Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Ebola Virus Disease (PDF)
- CDC Guidance for Specimen Collection, Transport, Testing, and Submission for Persons Under Investigation for Ebola Virus Disease in the U.S.
- CDC - How U.S. Clinical Laboratories Can Safely Manage Specimens from Persons Under Investigation for Ebola Virus Disease
Infection Prevention and Environmental Infection Control
- CDC Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Hospitalized Patients with Known or Suspected Ebola Virus Disease in U.S. Hospitals
- CDC Guidance for EVD Waste Management
- CDC Interim Guidance for Environmental Infection Control in Hospitals for Ebola Virus
- NYS DEC New York State Ebola Waste Disposal Fact Sheet
- CDC Ebola-associated Waste Management
- NYSDOH Ebola-associated Waste Management
- CDC Interim Guidance for the U.S. Residence Decontamination for Ebola Virus Disease (Ebola) and Removal of Contaminated Waste
- CDC Guidance for Safe Handling of Human Remains of Ebola Patients in U.S. Hospitals and Mortuaries
- International Travelers Visitors Poster (PDF). Also available in the following languages: Spanish, French, Russian, Korean, Italian, Haitian Creole, Chinese, Yiddish, Swahili
EMS Resources
- Health Advisory: Outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (Sudan Ebolavirus) in Central Uganda (PDF)
- BEMS Prevention and Control of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) (PDF)
- CDC Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems and 9-1-1 Public Safety Asnwering Points (PSAPs) for Management of Patients with Known or Suspected Ebola Virus Disease in the United States
- CDC Guidance for Developing a Plan for Interfacility Transport of Persons Under Investigation or Confirmed Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in the United States
- CDC Guidance on Air Medical Transport for Patients with Ebola Virus Disease
- CDC/ASPR Detailed Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Checklist for Ebola Preparedness (PDF)
- Donning and Doffing Procedures for the FDNY Isolation Kit (PDF)