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Ebola Information from the LA County Department of Public Health

Guidance

• Algorithm: Evaluation of Persons for Potential Ebola Exposure and Illness (6/24/15) [PDF]
• LAHAN Health Update: Ebola Risk and Management of Travelers Returning from Liberia (6/24/2015) [PDF]
• Guidance: Preparedness and Response for Outpatient Health Care Providers (1/6/15) [PDF]

Additional Resources and Tools

Poster - For Waiting Room 6/24/15 [PDF]

• Sign - For Patient Room (Sign-in sheet/restricted entry) [PDF]
• Fact Sheet: FAQs for patients and the general public
  
  English |  Video
  Spanish | French | Chinese | Korean | Tagalog | Hindi | Japanese | Khmer | Korean | Thai | Vietnamese   [PDF]

Ebola Resources from Other Agencies

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Ebola website for Health Care Providers
• California Department of Public Health - Ebola website

Ebola Clinical Information and Management

• Ebola Diagnosis and Management Information for Clinicians (CDC)
• Case Definition for Ebola Virus Disease (CDC)
• Assessing Ebola Exposure Risk (CDC)
• Hospital-specific: When Caring for Suspect or Confirmed Patients with Ebola (CDC)
• Poster for Hospitals - Could It Be Ebola? [PDF]
• Ebola 101 Presentation for U.S. Health Care Workers (CDC)

Infection Control for Known or Suspected Ebola

• Cal/OSHA Interim Guidance on Ebola Virus in Inpatient Hospital Settings
• Infection Prevention and Control for Hospitalized Patients (CDC)
• Environmental Infection Control in Hospitals (CDC)
• Specimen Collection, Transport, Testing, and Submission (CDC)
• Waste Management (CDC)
• Safe Handling of Human Remains of Ebola Patients (CDC)
• Disinfectants for Use Against the Ebola Virus (EPA)

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Guidance - Enhanced Guidance for Management of Patients with Ebola, including Procedures for Putting On (Donning) and Removing (Doffing) (CDC)
• Fact sheet: Tightened Guidance on PPE for Ebola (CDC)
• Poster - Putting On and Taking Off PPE (CDC)
• Videos - Putting On and Taking Off PPE (HEROES)
• Training - Slide Set and Notes (CDC)
• Web-Based Training: Donning and Doffing During Care of Hospitalized Ebola Patients

Ebola Preparedness and Response

• Hospital Preparedness Drill for Ebola - Scenario and Template (California Department of Public Health)
• U.S. Hospital Preparedness for Patients with Possible or Confirmed Ebola Virus Disease: A Framework for a Tiered Approach(CDC)
  • Preparing Frontline Healthcare Facilities for Patients with Possible Ebola Virus Disease
  • Preparing Ebola Assessment Hospitals
  • Preparing Ebola Treatment Centers
• Considerations for U.S Healthcare Facilities to Ensure Adequate Supplies of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Ebola Preparedness (CDC)

Ebola Transmission

• Review of Human-to-Human Transmission of Ebola (CDC)