Information on this page pertains to healthcare settings, including acute care hospitals, physicians’ offices, urgent care centers, and outpatient clinics. The recommendations and guidance may also be applicable to other settings where health care is delivered, such as school/work health clinics.
If evaluating a patient suspected to have Ebola Disease, providers should immediately notify their facility’s infection control program, other appropriate facility staff, and their local health department.
General Information
- CDC Health Alert Network Health Advisory: Ebola Outbreak Caused by Sudan virus in Uganda (February 6, 2025)
- How to locate and contact your local health department for consultation
- CDC Clinical Guidance for Ebola Disease
- CDC Posters and Factsheets
Clinician Outreach and Training Resources
- VDH Clinician Letter: Raising Awareness about an Ebola Disease Outbreak caused by Sudan Virus in Uganda (2/11/25)
- NETEC Health Care Facility Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) Preparedness Checklist
- NETEC: Ebola Virus Disease Channel
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Centers
- VDH’s Office of Emergency Medical Services Ebola Virus Disease website
- CDC Interim Guidance for EMS Systems and 9-1-1 Answering Points
- NETEC EMS Biosafety – Identify, Isolate, Inform
Evaluation Criteria
Infection Control and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- CDC PPE: Clinically Stable Patients Suspected to have VHF
- CDC PPE: Confirmed Patients and Clinically Unstable Patients Suspected to have VHF
- CDC Guidance for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Donning and Doffing PPE During Management of Patients with Selected VHF in U.S. Hospitals
- CDC: Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients in U.S. Hospitals who are Suspected or Confirmed to have Selected Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF)
- NETEC: Infection Prevention and Control Channel
Laboratory Testing
- DCLS Ebola and Marburg Testing and Shipping Instructions
- CDC Guidance on Performing Routine Diagnostic Testing for Patients with Suspected VHFs or Other High-Consequence Disease
- CDC VHF Clinical Specimen Packaging and Shipping
Organizations Sending U.S.-based Healthcare or Emergency Response Workers