{"id":793,"date":"2016-01-25T10:19:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T15:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/epidemiology\/?page_id=793"},"modified":"2025-02-11T15:53:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T20:53:14","slug":"ebola-information-for-healthcare-professionals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/epidemiology\/ebola-information-for-healthcare-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebola \u2013 Information for Healthcare Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW78022415 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW78022415 BCX0\">Information on this page pertains to healthcare settings, including acute care hospitals, physicians\u2019 offices, urgent care centers, and outpatient clinics. The recommendations and guidance may also <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW78022415 BCX0\">be applicable<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW78022415 BCX0\"> to other settings where <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart SCXW78022415 BCX0\">health<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW78022415 BCX0\">care<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW78022415 BCX0\"> is delivered, such as school\/work health clinics.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW78022415 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If evaluating a patient suspected to have Ebola Disease, providers should immediately notify their facility\u2019s infection control program, other appropriate facility staff, and their <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-department-locator\/\"><b>local health department<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>General Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW159662767 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/han\/2025\/han00521.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"FieldRange SCXW159662767 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW159662767 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159662767 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">CDC Health Alert Network Health Advisory: Ebola Outbreak Caused by Sudan virus in Uganda (February 6, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159662767 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">2025<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159662767 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW159662767 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159662767 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-department-locator\/\">How to locate and contact your local health department for consultation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ebola\/hcp\/clinical-guidance\/index.html\">CDC Clinical Guidance for Ebola Disease<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ebola\/hcp\/communication-resources\/index.html\">CDC Posters and Factsheets<\/a>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ebola\/hcp\/communication-resources\/is-it-flu-or-ebola.html\">Is It Flu or Ebola?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Clinician Outreach and Training Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/clinicians\/raising-awareness-about-an-ebola-disease-outbreak-caused-by-sudan-virus-in-uganda\/\">VDH Clinician Letter: Raising Awareness about an Ebola Disease Outbreak caused by Sudan Virus in Uganda<\/a> (2\/11\/25)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.netecweb.org\/exhibits\/show\/ebola2021\/item\/1724\">NETEC Health Care Facility Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) Preparedness Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.netecweb.org\/items\/show\/1922\">NETEC: Ebola Virus Disease Channel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Centers<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/ebola\/\">VDH&#8217;s Office of Emergency Medical Services Ebola Virus Disease website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/viral-hemorrhagic-fevers\/hcp\/emergency-guidance\/ems-911.html\">CDC Interim Guidance for EMS Systems and 9-1-1 Answering Points<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.netecweb.org\/items\/show\/1860\">NETEC EMS Biosafety \u2013 Identify, Isolate, Inform<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Evaluation Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/viral-hemorrhagic-fevers\/hcp\/diagnosis-testing\/index.html\">CDC Clinical Screening and Diagnosis for VHFs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Infection Control and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/viral-hemorrhagic-fevers\/hcp\/guidance\/ppe-clinically-stable-puis.html\">CDC PPE: Clinically Stable Patients Suspected to have VHF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/viral-hemorrhagic-fevers\/hcp\/guidance\/ppe-clinically-unstable.html\">CDC PPE: Confirmed Patients and Clinically Unstable Patients Suspected to have VHF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/viral-hemorrhagic-fevers\/hcp\/guidance\/index.html\">CDC Guidance for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Donning and Doffing PPE During Management of Patients with Selected VHF in U.S. Hospitals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/viral-hemorrhagic-fevers\/hcp\/infection-control\/index.html\">CDC: Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients in U.S. Hospitals who are Suspected or Confirmed to have Selected Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.netecweb.org\/items\/show\/1921\">NETEC: Infection Prevention and Control Channel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Laboratory Testing\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dgs.virginia.gov\/globalassets\/business-units\/dcls\/documents\/hot-topic-and-updates\/warrior-panel_-ebola-and-marburg-virus-testing-and-shipping-instructions-46949-3-3.pdf\">DCLS Ebola and Marburg Testing and Shipping Instructions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/viral-hemorrhagic-fevers\/php\/laboratories\/guidance-on-performing-routine-diagnostic-testing-for-patients-with-suspected-vhfs-or-other.html\">CDC Guidance on Performing Routine Diagnostic Testing for Patients with Suspected VHFs or Other High-Consequence Disease<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/viral-hemorrhagic-fevers\/php\/laboratories\/specimen-packing.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vhf\/ebola\/laboratory-personnel\/specimens.html\">CDC VHF Clinical Specimen Packaging and Shipping<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Organizations Sending U.S.-based Healthcare or Emergency Response Workers\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/viral-hemorrhagic-fevers\/php\/partners\/recommendations-for-vhf-outbreaks.html\">CDC Recommendations for Organizations Sending U.S.-based Personnel to Areas with VHF Outbreaks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/surveillance-and-investigation\/ebola\/\">Back to VDH Ebola Main Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information on this page pertains to healthcare settings, including acute care hospitals, physicians\u2019 offices, urgent care centers, and outpatient clinics. 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