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Re: Ebola - Health-care workers: 549 cases, 311 deaths (WHO Ebola Response Roadmap Nov 7th, 2014)
EBOLA RESPONSE ROADMAP
SITUATION REPORT
12 NOVEMBER 2014
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Health-care workers
A total of 564 health-care workers (HCWs) are known to have been infected with EVD up to the end of 10
November, 320 of whom have died (table 6). This includes a HCW infected in Spain while treating an EVD-positive
patient, 3 HCWs in the US (including a HCW infected in Guinea, and 2 HCWs infected during the care of a patient
in Texas). In the week to 9 November, 3 HCWs were infected in the Kerouane district in Guinea.
WHO is undertaking extensive investigations to determine the source of exposure in each case. Early indications
are that a substantial proportion of infections occurred outside the context of Ebola treatment and care centres.
This reinforces the need to adhere to infection prevention and control measures at all health-care facilities, not
just Ebola-related facilities. WHO has conducted a review of personal protective equipment (PPE) guidelines for
HCWs providing direct care to patients, and has updated its guidelines in the context of the current Ebola
outbreak. Comprehensive mandatory training in the use of PPE, and mentoring for all users before engaging in
clinical care, is considered fundamental for the protection of HCWs and patients. WHO has moved more than 1
million sets of PPE to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, and continues to work with ministries of health and other
partners to procure and distribute PPE where it is most needed.
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EBOLA RESPONSE ROADMAP
SITUATION REPORT
12 NOVEMBER 2014
...
Health-care workers
A total of 564 health-care workers (HCWs) are known to have been infected with EVD up to the end of 10
November, 320 of whom have died (table 6). This includes a HCW infected in Spain while treating an EVD-positive
patient, 3 HCWs in the US (including a HCW infected in Guinea, and 2 HCWs infected during the care of a patient
in Texas). In the week to 9 November, 3 HCWs were infected in the Kerouane district in Guinea.
WHO is undertaking extensive investigations to determine the source of exposure in each case. Early indications
are that a substantial proportion of infections occurred outside the context of Ebola treatment and care centres.
This reinforces the need to adhere to infection prevention and control measures at all health-care facilities, not
just Ebola-related facilities. WHO has conducted a review of personal protective equipment (PPE) guidelines for
HCWs providing direct care to patients, and has updated its guidelines in the context of the current Ebola
outbreak. Comprehensive mandatory training in the use of PPE, and mentoring for all users before engaging in
clinical care, is considered fundamental for the protection of HCWs and patients. WHO has moved more than 1
million sets of PPE to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, and continues to work with ministries of health and other
partners to procure and distribute PPE where it is most needed.
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