title: [Help tools for the safe treatment of Ebola in emergency departments].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the tools (audit procedure and Checklist) designed to ensure the correct implementation of the Ebola Virus Disease Guidelines in a hospital emergency department.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-one elements were identified to be included in the checklist to avoid serious mistakes and to provide appropriate care in a safe environment. An audit procedure was designed to apply this checklist. Audit was conducted two times with an interval of 3 weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Critical points and potential areas of improvement were identified, for example: materials to ensure that protection measures were correctly applied, information that should be provided to the patient and, if applicable, their relatives, procedure to report changes in the Guidelines, and a review of the personal protection measures. The second audit verified the compliance of all elements of the checklist. The duration of the audit was 45 min the first time and 75 min the second time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This approach ensures that Ebola Guidelines were applied, with greater guarantees for patients and hospital professionals.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Salud Alicante-Sant Joan d'Alacant, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, España. Electronic address: jose.mira@umh.es.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mira
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan d'Alacant. Alicante, España.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Preventiva, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, España.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gea
authors.affiliation: Dirección Médica, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, España.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Antón
mesh_terms: D057189:Checklist; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control; D017757:Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / Q000517:prevention & control; D008485:Medical Audit; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013030:Spain
keywords: Ebola virus; Ebolavirus; Mejora de la calidad; Occupational health; Protocolos; Protocols; Quality improvement; Salud laboral