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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

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How do you get the Ebola virus? Direct contact with: Body fluids of a person who is sick with or has 1. died from Ebola (blood, vomit, urine, feces, sweat, semen, spit, other fluids) Objects contaminated with the virus (needles, 2. medical equipment) Infected fruit bats or primates (apes and monkeys) 2. CDC

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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. • 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. 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. • 25% of fac ilitie s may not have e nough pe r sonal pr ote 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. 55% of the fac ilitie s have not • c ommitte d to pr ovide additional Infe c tion Pr e ve ntion Contr ol (IPC) r e sour c e s as a r e sult of the E bola c r isis.

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