Downloadable Ebola Resources for the Laboratory
Publications by key components of comprehensive Ebola preparedness and response:
- Case management: clinical management and patient care (Source: WHO)
- Contact tracing (Source: WHO)
- Overall coordination (Source: WHO)
- Epidemiology (Source: WHO)
- Infection control and prevention (Source: WHO)
- Laboratory (Source: WHO)
- Safe and dignified burials (Source: WHO)
- Communication and social mobilisation (Source: WHO)
- Strategy (Source: WHO)
- Epidemiological surveillance (Source: WHO)
- Travel and points of entry (Source: WHO)
- Vaccines, therapies and diagnostics (Source: WHO)
Publications for the Ebola laboratory preparedness and response:
Facility preparation
- Laboratory assessment tool: Ebola virus disease/viral haemorrhagic fever diagnosis capacity, Source: WHO (PDF download)
- Facility questionnaire for Ebola virus disease/viral haemorrhagic fever diagnosis capacity, Source: WHO (PDF download)
- Ebola and Marburg virus disease epidemics: preparedness, alert, control, and evaluation, Interim Manual, Source: WHO (PDF download)
Specimen management
- Interim Guidance for Specimen Collection, Transport, Testing, and Submission for Patients with Ebola, Source: CDC
- Packaging and Shipping Clinical Specimens Diagram, Source: CDC
- How to Safely Ship Human Blood Samples from Suspected Ebola Cases, Source: WHO
- How to Safely Collect Blood Samples from Persons Suspected to be Infected with Highly Infectious Blood-borne Pathogens, Source: WHO
Infection control
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- Interim Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Care of Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Filovirus Haemorrhagic Fever in Healthcare Settings, with Focus on Ebola, Source: WHO (PDF download)
- Infection Control for Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers in the African Health Care Setting, English, Source: CDC (PDF download)
- Ebola and Marburg virus disease epidemics: preparedness, alert, control, and evaluation, Interim Manual, Source: WHO (PDF download)
- Contrôle de l’infection en cas de fièvre hémorragique virale, Source: CDC (PDF download, French)
- Controlo do Contágio sobre Febres Hemorrágicas Virais no contexto dos serviços Africanos de Saúde, Source: CDC (PDF download, Portuguese)
Protecting laboratory personnel
- Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Hospitalized Patients with Known or Suspected Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in U.S. Hospitals, August 1, 2014, Source: CDC
- Tools for Protecting Healthcare Personnel, Source: CDC
Communication tools
- Digital Press Kit, Source: CDC
- Infection Control Posters, Source: CDC
- Ebola Posters, Source: CDC
- Infographics & Illustrations, Source: CDC
- Brochures, Source: CDC
- Radio Messages, Source: CDC