The Westchester County Department of Health has been working with the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and hospitals, medical providers, and EMS in the county to prepare for Ebola.
To ensure that every precaution is being taken to protect the public from Ebola, the Health Department:
- Receives the latest Ebola guidance from CDC and is in constant contact with NYSDOH to obtain the most up-to-date procedures and shares this information with the medical community.
- Provides health care workers with current information using email, blast fax, and the Physician’s Corner.
- Updates the website to ensure the most current information is available.
- Coordinates countywide trainings, as needed.
Should a suspect case of Ebola be found in Westchester, the Health Department is ready to respond and will:
- Collaborate with medical providers to identify any suspect case through prompt reporting by hospitals and health care providers.
- Work closely with the reporting agency and the NYSDOH.
- Coordinate safe transport of a suspect case.
- Conduct contact tracing.
- Monitor the use of appropriate isolation measures to ensure that an outbreak does not occur.
Hospitals
Ebola Screening Algorithm for Emergency Department Settings (CDC 1/9/15)
Ebola Screening Algorithm for Ambulatory Care Settings (CDC 10/31/14)
Checklist for Patients Being Evaluated for EVD in the U.S. (CDC 10/27/14)
Temperature monitoring log here (WCDOH)
- Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) To Be Used By Healthcare Workers during Management of Patients with Confirmed Ebola or Persons under Investigation (PUIs) for Ebola who are Clinically Unstable or Have Bleeding, Vomiting, or Diarrhea in U.S. Hospitals, Including Procedures for Donning and Doffing PPE (CDC 8/27/15)
- For U.S. Healthcare Settings: Donning and Doffing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Evaluating Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) for Ebola Who Are Clinically Stable and Do Not Have Bleeding, Vomiting, or Diarrhea (CDC 8/27/15)
- Updated CDC Guidance on minimum PPE levels for EMS and other first responders/public safety personnel (CDC 12/2/14)
- Information on the Survivability of the Ebola Virus in Medical Waste (CDC)
- Ambulatory Care Evaluation for patients with possible Ebola (CDC 11/5/14)
- Physicians Corner (WCDH)
- NYSDOH Ebola
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- NYS Commissioner's Order on Ebola preparedness.
- Q & A on related to the Commissioner's Orders on Ebola preparedness.
- CDC Guidelines for PPE.
- View hands-on demo of how to put on and remove PPE.
Healthcare Workers
Ebola Screening Algorithm for Emergency Department Settings (CDC 1/9/15)
Ebola Screening Algorithm for Ambulatory Care Settings (CDC 10/31/14)
Checklist for Patients Being Evaluated for EVD in the U.S. (CDC 10/27/14)
Temperature monitoring log here (WCDOH)
- Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) To Be Used By Healthcare Workers during Management of Patients with Confirmed Ebola or Persons under Investigation (PUIs) for Ebola who are Clinically Unstable or Have Bleeding, Vomiting, or Diarrhea in U.S. Hospitals, Including Procedures for Donning and Doffing PPE (CDC 8/27/15)
- For U.S. Healthcare Settings: Donning and Doffing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Evaluating Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) for Ebola Who Are Clinically Stable and Do Not Have Bleeding, Vomiting, or Diarrhea (CDC 8/27/15)
- Updated CDC Guidance on minimum PPE levels for EMS and other first responders/public safety personnel (CDC 12/2/14)
- Information on the Survivability of the Ebola Virus in Medical Waste (CDC)
- Ambulatory Care Evaluation for patients with possible Ebola (CDC 11/5/14)
- Physicians Corner (WCDH)
- NYSDOH Ebola
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- NYS Commissioner's Order on Ebola preparedness.
- Q & A on related to the Commissioner's Orders on Ebola preparedness.
- CDC Guidelines for PPE.
- View hands-on demo of how to put on and remove PPE.
- Resources for Parents, Schools, and Pediatric Healthcare Professionals (CDC)
EMS Providers
- Updated CDC Guidance on minimum PPE levels for EMS and other first responders/public safety personnel (CDC 12/2/14)
- Physicians Corner (WCDH)
- NYSDOH Ebola
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- NYS Commissioner's Order on Ebola preparedness.
- Q & A on related to the Commissioner's Orders on Ebola preparedness.
- CDC Guidelines for PPE.
- View hands-on demo of how to put on and remove PPE.
- Information about Ebola for EMS agencies (NYSDOH)
Residents
- Cleaning and decontamination of Ebola on Surfaces fact sheet (OSHA) (three pages)
- Resources for Parents, Schools, and Pediatric Healthcare Professionals (CDC)
Schools and Colleges