Ebola for Health Care Workers

The Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department, Epidemiology & Health Statistics Unit

• 24/7 business line:  512-972-5555
• Ebola public webpage:  www.austintexas.gov/ebola

Ebola Information for Healthcare Workers and Settings

• Guidance and Recommendations

  • Fact Sheet
  • Decision Guide for CDC Consultation & EVD Testing
  • Medical Waste Management
    • Category A Waste Handling & Packaging Procedures
    • Stericycle Transportation Permit from the US Dep. of Transportation (USDOT) (10/13/14)

• Patient Evaluation

  • Identify, Isolate, Inform:  ED Evaluation and Management for Patients Who Present with Possible EVD
  • Algorithm for ED Evaluation and Management of Patients Presenting with Possible EVD (New CDC Guidance 10-29-14)

• Laboratory (Specimen) Collection, Transport, Testing, and Submission

  • Interim Guidance for Specimen Collection, Transport, & Submission for Patients with Suspected Infection with EVD

• Protecting Healthcare Workers, Diagnosis, and General Information

  • Web-based Training for Putting on and Removing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Guidance for PPE for Healthcare Workers
  • Interim Guidance for Environmental Infection Control in Hospitals
  • Sequence for Putting on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Guidance for Safe Handling of Human Remains of Ebola Patients in US Hospitals & Mortuaries
  • Attention All Patients Poster

Patient Transport/Monitoring/Movement

• Infection Prevention & Control Recommendations for Hospitalized Patients with Known or Suspected EVD in US Hospitals
• Interim Guidance for EMS Systems and 9-1-1 Publc Safety Answering Points for Management of Patients with Known or Suspected EVD in the US
• What is Contact Tracing?

Preparedness and Response

• 2022 Health Alert Network (HAN) Messages
• Case Definition for EVD

General Information on Ebola

• Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) -- Information about Ebola
• Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department - Questions and Answers about Ebola
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention