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E BOL A PRE PARE DNE SS Ke vin Ka va na g h, MD, MS He a lth Wa tc h USA No v. 13, 2015 Epidemiology Total cases 28,636 Laboratory-confirmed cases 15,246 Total deaths 11,314 Mortality rate 90 - 23% Deployed medical

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Ke vin Ka va na g h, MD, MS

He a lth Wa tc h USA No v. 13, 2015

E BOL A PRE PARE DNE SS

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Epidemiology

 Total cases

28,636

 Laboratory-confirmed cases

15,246

 Total deaths

11,314

 Mortality rate

90 - 23%

 Deployed medical teams

50

 Mobile laboratories

28

 Trained experts

7,000

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How do you get the Ebola virus?

Direct contact with:

1.

Body fluids of a person who is sick with or has died from Ebola (blood, vomit, urine, feces, sweat, semen, spit, other fluids)

2.

Objects contaminated with the virus (needles, medical equipment)

2.

Infected fruit bats or primates (apes and monkeys)

CDC

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"Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Signs and Symptoms".

  • CDC. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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  • Surve y of 981 U.S. Ba se d Infe c tion Pre ve ntionists.
  • Ha lf (53% ) of the re sponde nts re port tha t the re a re one or le ss

F T E infe c tion pre ve ntionist a t the ir org a niza tion.

  • And 41% c ove re d more tha n one fa c ility.

APIC

(ASSOCI AT I ON F OR PROF E SSI ONAL S I N I NF E CT I ON CONT ROL AND E PI DE MI OL OGY) NOV. 4, 2015 SURVE Y ON E BOL A PRE PARE DNE SS – ONE YE AR L AT E R.

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  • 13% of fac ilitie s we r

e not pr e par e d or not we ll pr e par e d for a highly le thal c ontagion suc h as E bola.

  • 4% of fac ilitie s we r

e r e por te d to be no mor e pr e par e d than the y we r e a ye ar ago, anothe r 4% was unsur e .

APIC

(ASSOCI AT I ON F OR PROF E SSI ONAL S I N I NF E CT I ON CONT ROL AND E PI DE MI OL OGY) NOV. 4, 2015 SURVE Y ON E BOL A PRE PARE DNE SS – ONE YE AR L AT E R.

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  • 25% of fac ilitie s may not have e nough pe r

sonal pr

  • te c tive e quipme nt to me e t CDC guide line s for

c ar e of E bola Patie nts (17% do not, 8% unknown).

APIC

(ASSOCI AT I ON F OR PROF E SSI ONAL S I N I NF E CT I ON CONT ROL AND E PI DE MI OL OGY) NOV. 4, 2015 SURVE Y ON E BOL A PRE PARE DNE SS – ONE YE AR L AT E R.

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  • 55% of the fac ilitie s have not

c ommitte d to pr

  • vide

additional Infe c tion Pr e ve ntion Contr

  • l (IPC)

r e sour c e s as a r e sult of the E bola c r isis.

APIC

(ASSOCI AT I ON F OR PROF E SSI ONAL S I N I NF E CT I ON CONT ROL AND E PI DE MI OL OGY) NOV. 4, 2015 SURVE Y ON E BOL A PRE PARE DNE SS – ONE YE AR L AT E R.

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“Outbreak anywhere can be a risk everywhere.”

T homa s F rie de n, MD Dire c tor of CDC

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Spe c ial Appr e c iation T

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