Identify, isolate, inform: Background and considerations for Ebola virus disease preparedness in U.S. ambulatory care settings.
Public health activities to identify and monitor persons at risk for Ebola virus disease in the United States include directing persons at risk to assessment facilities that are prepared to safely evaluate for Ebola virus disease. Although it is unlikely that a person with Ebola virus disease will unexpectedly present to a nonemergency ambulatory care facility, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have provided guidance for this setting that can be summarized as identify, isolate, and inform.
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
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Chea
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Joseph F
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Perz
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Arjun
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Srinivasan
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Alison S
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Laufer
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Electronic address: lpollack@cdc.gov.
Lori A
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Pollack
D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D002959:Civil Defense / Q000379:methods*; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D018563:Disease Notification; D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006291:Health Policy; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States
Ebola; Infection control; Outpatients; United States