Part 3: Use Safe Burial Practices
Disinfect Reusable Supplies and Equipment
Update September 2021. Safe management of health care waste practices play an essential role in protecting human health during all disease outbreaks, including during Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreaks. This question and answer document provides practical, evidence-based recommendations on minimum... requirements and best practices for health care waste management in facilities and communities. It was originally developed in 2014 during the West Africa Ebola Outbreak and has been updated in 2021 to reflect lessons learned and new operational research data, including on the use of low-cost treatment technologies . The key recommendations on health care waste remain the same.
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Ces lignes directrices provisoires présentent quelques principes de base en matière de prise en charge nutritionnelle adaptée aux patients adultes et pédiatriques pendant leur traitement et leur convalescence dans les unités de traitement Ebola, dans les centres de soins communautaires et autre...s centres dans lesquels des patients Ebola reçoivent des soins et un soutien.
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For Families and Caregivers in Sierra Leone
www.thelancet.com/infection Vol 15 February 2015
Interim Guidance.
A number of medical problems have been reported in survivors, including mental health issues. Ebola virus may persist in some body fluids, including semen. Ebola survivors need comprehensive support for the medical and psychosocial challenges they face and also to minimize the ...risk of continued Ebola virus transmission. WHO has developed this document to guide health services on how to provide quality care to survivors of Ebola virus disease
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This document provides a summary of infection control recommendations when providing direct and non-direct care to patients with suspected or confirmed Filovirus haemorrhagic fever (HF), including Ebola or Marburg haemorrhagic fevers. These recommendations are interim and will be updated when additi...onal information becomes available.
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This comprehensive intermediate level course is for clinicians caring for patients with suspected or confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD). Modules provide information on screening and triage, infection prevention and control, laboratory diagnostics, organization of the Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC), c...linical care of patients in the ETC, and investigational therapeutic agents.
This training course provides clinicians with access to downloadable presentations and posters to facilitate their management of Ebola virus disease (EVD). Under this section, please find a Congolese Swahili translation of all modules with their presentation.
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All personnel responding to Ebola outbreaks need to have basic knowledge and skills in order to mount an effective response. The GO training package was developed for WHO deployees so they can work safely and effectively as part of the teams bringing outbreaks under control. The learning package con...sists of 7 modules, which include video lectures and downloadable presentations that have been updated with the latest information and developments. It begins with an introduction to Ebola virus disease before moving to the response strategy and essential information related to working for WHO. The GO materials are designed to complement the ePROTECT training, which is available here: https://openwho.org/courses/e-protect.
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Aperçu: Cette formation complète de niveau intermédiaire est destinée aux agents de santé de première ligne qui s’occupent de cas suspects ou confirmés de maladie à virus Ebola (MVE). Elle porte sur les domaines suivants : transmission de la MVE (en s’intéressant en particulier aux mesu...res de lutte contre l’infection) ; diagnostic de la maladie ; et prise en charge des cas, avec une présentation générale des centres de traitement d’Ebola (CTE) et des informations sur les traitements expérimentaux. Ces modules présentent des stratégies complètes sur la sécurité des patients et des agents de soins et la préparation à la riposte. La formation pourra être utile aux cliniciens de tout secteur du système de santé, notamment ceux qui travaillent dans des postes de santé, prodiguent des soins de santé primaires ou sont employés par des hôpitaux nationaux ou de district. Une attention particulière est accordée aux soins dispensés dans les CTE.
Objectifs d’apprentissage : À la fin de ce cours, vous serez capable de :
identifier les patients présentant des signes et des symptômes de MVE ;
comprendre la transmission de la MVE ;
comprendre les grands volets de la prise en charge clinique de la MVE ;
connaître les stratégies de lutte contre l’infection;
préparer les établissements, la population et les agents de santé à la riposte à la maladie à virus Ebola ; et
gérer les déchets de façon sécurisée et de procéder à des inhumations sans risque et dans la dignité.
Durée du cours : Environ 8 heures.
Enroll: https://openwho.org/courses/ebola-prise-en-charge-clinique
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Euro Surveill. 2015 Mar 26;20(12). pii: 21073.
Mafunzo haya ya kina ya kiwango wastani ni ya wauguzi wanaowatunza wagonjwa wanaoshukiwa au waliothibitishwa kuwa na ugonjwa wa virusi vya Ebola (EVD). Moduli hii inatoa taarifa ya uchunguzi na ukaguzi, na kuzuia maambukizi and kuthibiti, uchunguzi wa maabara, taratibu za Kituo cha Matibabu ya Ebola... (ETC), uuguzi wa wagonjwa kwenye ETC, uchunguzi wa kimatibabu.sw
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