Pre-Hospital Transport Plans, EMS, and ED Preparedness

1. Interim Guidance for US Hospital Preparedness for Patients Under Investigation and Confirmed Ebola Virus Disease: A Framework Tiered Approach
2. Interim Guidance for Preparing Frontline Healthcare Facilities for Patients Under Investigation (PUIs) for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
3. The case Definition for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
4. Emergency Department Evaluation and Management for Patients Under Investigation for Ebola Virus Disease
5. Epidemiologic Risk Factors to Consider when Evaluating a Person for Exposure to Ebola Virus
6. Interim U.S. Guidance for Monitoring and Movement of People with Potential Ebola Virus Exposure
7. For U.S. Healthcare Settings: Donning and Doffing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Evaluating Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) for Ebola Who Are Clinically Stable and Do Not Have Bleeding, Vomiting, or Diarrhea
8. Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) To Be Used By Healthcare Workers during Management of Patients with Confirmed Ebola or Persons under Investigation (PUIs) for Ebola who are Clinically Unstable or Have Bleeding, Vomiting, or Diarrhea in U.S. Hospitals, Including Procedures for Donning and Doffing PPE
9. Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems and 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for Management of Patients Under Investigation (PUIs) for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the United States
10. Preparing U.S. Hospitals for Ebola infographic
11. Interim Guidance for Hospital Preparedness for Evaluation, Testing, Management of Patients under Investigation or with Confirmed Ebola Virus Disease Infographic
12. Emergency Department Algorithm
13. Identify, Isolate, Inform: Emergency Department Evaluation and Management for Patients Under Investigation (PUIs) for Ebola Virus Disease
14. Ebola Preparedness: Emergency Department Training Modules
15. Guidance on Air Medical Transport (AMT) for Patients with Ebola Virus Disease
16. Transport of Pediatric Patients Under Investigation or with Confirmed Ebola
17. Emergency Department Ebola Virus Screening Tool
18. Decision Algorithm to Assist with Identifying Patients with Suspected Ebola Virus Disease
19. Florida Department of Health Ebola Fact Sheet for Medical Professionals
20. Florida Department of Health Ebola Awareness Information for Emergency Medical Services
21. Detailed Hospital Checklist for Ebola Preparedness
22. Checklist for Patient’s Being Evaluated for Ebola Virus in the United States
23. Summary of Draft Plan to Transport Patients with Ebola Virus Disease to Regional Treatment Centers located in the Inpatient Care Management of Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Ebola Virus, Page 9
24. Top 10 Ebola Response Planning Tips: Ebola Readiness Self-Assessment for State and Local Public Health Officials

Staffing of PUI Care Team

1. Guidance for Inpatient Care Management of Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Ebola Virus, Page 5
2. ICAR Staffing Examples

Personal Protective Equipment

1. Considerations for Selecting Protective Clothing used in Healthcare for Protection against Microorganisms in Blood and Body Fluids
2. Guidance for Confirmed Ebola Patients or Clinically Unstable PUIs
3. Guidance for Clinically Stable Patients Under Investigation
4. Ebola PPE Frequently Asked Questions
5. CDC’s Personal Protective Equipment Training videos
6. Personal Protective Equipment Supply Considerations
7. Estimated Personal Protective Equipment Needed for Healthcare Facilities: The PPE Calculator
8. Web-based Personal Protective Equipment Training
9. Medscape Personal Protective Equipment Donning/Doffing Demo
10. Florida Department of Health Personal Protective Equipment Guidance For Health Care Workers: Ebola Virus WITH CHECKLIST
11. Personal Protective Equipment Donning and Doffing Procedures: An Introduction to the Role of the Observer
12. Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
13. Hand hygiene Self-Assessment from the World Health Organization
14. Respiratory Protection Video from the CDC
15. How to Serve as the Trained Observer Video from CDC
16. How to Safely Put on PPE, Selected Equipment: N95 and Gown
17. How to Safely Take Off PPE, Selected Equipment: N95 and Gown
18. How to Safely Put on PPE, Selected Equipment: PAPR and Coverall
19. How to Safely Take Off PPE, Selected Equipment: PAPR and Coverall
20. Table 1: Specifications for impermeable and fluid-resistant gowns and coveralls
21. Properly Donning an N-95 Respirator (first 5 minutes is all you need)
22. Respirator Fit-testing

Monitoring Healthcare Personnel and Managing Exposures

1. Guidance for Inpatient Care Management of Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Ebola Virus, Pages 6-8

Environmental Infection Control and Equipment Reprocessing

1. Hospital Disinfectants for General Disinfection of Environmental Surfaces from the New York Department of Health
2. List L: EPA Registered Hospital Disinfectants Effective Against the Ebola Virus
3. Interim Guidance for Environmental Infection Control in Hospitals for Ebola Virus
4. Information on Cleaning and Decontamination
5. For cleaning spills of blood or other body substances: Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention
6. Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Hospitalized Patients Under Investigation for Ebola Virus Disease in U.S. Hospitals
7. 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of infectious Agents in Healthcare Setting
8. Key Infection Control Precautions Recommended for Preventing Ebola Transmission in U.S. Hospitals
9. How to Make Strong Chlorine Solution 0.5% from 70% Chlorine Powder
10. How to Make Strong Chlorine 0.5% Solution from Liquid Bleach
11. How to Make Chlorine Solutions from 3.5% Liquid Bleach
12. How Make Chlorine Solutions from 2.6% Liquid Bleach

Management of Waste

1. Ebola Associated Waste Management
2. Survivability of Ebola Virus in Medical Waste
3. Handling Ebola-Associated Waste
4. Safe Disposal of Ebola Patient Waste

Clinical Management

1. Treatment of Ebola Patient
2. Patient Care Considerations

Communications

1. Contact Tracing