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Editor, Senior Moderator
DALLAS COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DCHHS Monitoring Healthcare Workers for Ebola Virus Disease
DALLAS (Nov. 11, 2014) ? Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) is monitoring two healthcare workers for Ebola Virus Disease for 21 days per guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of State Health Services.
Both healthcare workers, who are residents of Dallas County, recently traveled from Sierra Leone, West Africa. They are currently asymptomatic and have been instructed to remain off public transportation or avoid large congregate settings activities. Failure to comply can result in a control order. These healthcare workers are not allowed to care for any patients during the 21-day monitoring period, which ends Dec. 1, 2014.
Due to medical confidentiality and personal privacy reasons, DCHHS does not provide additional identifying information.
The public should remain confident that DCHHS is doing its part to protect Dallas County residents from viruses and diseases that are a threat to public health.
http://www.dallascounty.org/departm...ringHealthcareWorkersforEbolaVirusDisease.pdf
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DCHHS Monitoring Healthcare Workers for Ebola Virus Disease
DALLAS (Nov. 11, 2014) ? Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) is monitoring two healthcare workers for Ebola Virus Disease for 21 days per guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of State Health Services.
Both healthcare workers, who are residents of Dallas County, recently traveled from Sierra Leone, West Africa. They are currently asymptomatic and have been instructed to remain off public transportation or avoid large congregate settings activities. Failure to comply can result in a control order. These healthcare workers are not allowed to care for any patients during the 21-day monitoring period, which ends Dec. 1, 2014.
Due to medical confidentiality and personal privacy reasons, DCHHS does not provide additional identifying information.
The public should remain confident that DCHHS is doing its part to protect Dallas County residents from viruses and diseases that are a threat to public health.
http://www.dallascounty.org/departm...ringHealthcareWorkersforEbolaVirusDisease.pdf