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US - American healthcare worker from Sierra Leone with Ebola virus disease treated at NIH Hospital - discharged in good condition

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For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 12, 2015

NIH to admit American healthcare worker with Ebola virus disease


The National Institutes of Health (NIH) expects to admit to its hospital tomorrow an American healthcare worker who has tested positive for Ebola virus disease. The individual was volunteering services in an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone and will be transported back to the United States in isolation via a chartered aircraft. The individual will be admitted and treated at the NIH Clinical Center Special Clinical Studies Unit, a high-level containment facility which is one of a small number of such facilities in the United States. No additional details about the patient are being shared at this time.

The NIH Clinical Center?s Special Clinical Studies Unit (SCSU) is specifically designed to provide high-level isolation capabilities and is staffed by infectious diseases and critical care specialists. The unit staff is trained in strict infection control practices optimized to prevent spread of potentially transmissible agents such as Ebola. In addition, access to the unit is strictly controlled. NIH is taking every precaution to ensure the safety of our patients, NIH staff, and the public.

This will be the second patient with Ebola virus disease admitted to the NIH Clinical Center. An earlier patient was treated successfully and released free of disease. The NIH Clinical Center also admitted two individuals who experienced high-risk exposures to the Ebola virus while working on the Ebola response in West Africa, but who were ultimately found not to be infected.

For more information about the NIH Clinical Centers (SCSU), including photos and b-roll, please visit:http://www.cc.nih.gov/ebola.html. For more information about clinical protocols, visit:http://www.nih.gov/health/clinicaltrials/basics.htm.

About the NIH Clinical Center: The NIH Clinical Center is the clinical research hospital for the National Institutes of Health. Through clinical research, clinician-investigators translate laboratory discoveries into better treatments, therapies and interventions to improve the nation's health. More information: http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov.

About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.

http://www.nih.gov/news/health/mar2015/nih-12.htm
 
For Immediate Release: Friday, March 13, 2015

UPDATE: American healthcare worker with Ebola virus disease arrives safely at NIH Clinical Center

An American healthcare worker who tested positive for Ebola virus while volunteering services in an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone has arrived safely at the NIH Clinical Center for care and treatment. The individual was transferred from Sierra Leone via private charter medevac in isolation and admitted to the NIH Clinical Center at 4:44 a.m. ET. The patient?s condition is still being evaluated. No additional details about the patient are being shared at this time.

The patient has been admitted to the NIH Clinical Center?s Special Clinical Studies Unit (SCSU) that is specifically designed to provide high-level isolation capabilities and is staffed by infectious diseases and critical care specialists. The unit staff is trained in strict infection control practices optimized to prevent spread of potentially transmissible agents such as Ebola. NIH is taking every precaution to ensure the safety of our patients, NIH staff, and the public.

This will be the second patient with Ebola virus disease admitted to the NIH Clinical Center. An earlier patient was treated successfully and released free of disease. The NIH Clinical Center also previously admitted two individuals who experienced high-risk exposures to the Ebola virus while working on the Ebola response in West Africa, but who were ultimately found not to be infected.

For more information about the NIH Clinical Centers SCSU, including photos and b-roll, please visit: http://www.cc.nih.gov/ebola.html. For more information about clinical protocols, visit: http://www.nih.gov/health/clinicaltrials/basics.htm.

About the NIH Clinical Center: The NIH Clinical Center is the clinical research hospital for the National Institutes of Health. Through clinical research, clinician-investigators translate laboratory discoveries into better treatments, therapies and interventions to improve the nation's health. More information: http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov.

About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.

http://www.nih.gov/news/health/mar2015/nih-13.htm
 
Clinician with positive Ebola test was with Boston group

GLOBE STAFF AND WIRES MARCH 15, 2015

An American who returned to the United States from West Africa after testing positive for Ebola was identified Saturday as a clinician for the Boston-based nonprofit Partners in Health.

Also on Saturday, public health officials said a number of Americans were evacuated from West Africa to be monitored after possibly being exposed to Ebola.


The Partners in Health clinician, who has not been named, was taken from Sierra Leone to the clinical center of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. The clinician had tested positive for Ebola on Tuesday.
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/na...-monitoring/r7Ie2C1XBXK7DcEQZhUQEM/story.html


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Partners In Health Clinician Admitted for Ebola Treatment

Posted on March 12, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jeff Marvin, Media Relations Manager
jmarvin@pih.org

BOSTON (Mar. 12, 2015)? A Partners In Health clinician working in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the Ebola virus. Our colleague remains in good spirits and has been transferred to the United States for treatment.

Out of respect for the privacy of our colleague and their family, we cannot release additional information at this time. PIH is providing full accompaniment to our colleague?s family. We ask that the media and public respect the family?s privacy.

This is the first clinician deployed with PIH to be diagnosed with Ebola as a result of a confirmed occupational exposure since PIH began treating patients in Liberia and Sierra Leone in November 2014.

PIH is following its established protocols to ensure the safety of our staff and patients, and all clinical staff are formally trained in infection control following CDC guidelines. However, we are reminded every day that Ebola has been, from the very beginning, a disease of caregivers.

We are proud of all of our clinicians at sites across the world?especially those who have fallen ill in the line of duty?and will seek to ensure that we do our very best to protect them and our patients.

PIH is making every effort to provide the best possible support for all of our Ebola response colleagues as our work in West Africa continues. PIH has 2,000 employees working in West Africa, including 600 Ebola survivors and 100 expat clinicians currently deployed to the region.

http://www.pih.org/blog/partners-in-health-clinician-admitted-for-ebola-treatment-in-united-states
 
For Immediate Release: Monday, March 16, 2015

Update on clinical status of patient with Ebola virus disease at the NIH Clinical Center

NIH physicians have changed the status of the patient with Ebola virus disease being treated at the NIH Clinical Center from serious to critical condition. No additional details about the patient are being shared at this time. ‎

NIH has no pending admissions of additional individuals with Ebola virus disease or exposed to the Ebola virus.

About the NIH Clinical Center: The NIH Clinical Center is the clinical research hospital for the National Institutes of Health. Through clinical research, clinician-investigators translate laboratory discoveries into better treatments, therapies and interventions to improve the nation's health. More information: http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov.

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http://www.nih.gov/news/health/mar2015/nih-16.htm
 
Partners in Health plans to stay in West Africa even as one of its workers is stricken with Ebola

By Felice J. FreyerGLOBE STAFF MARCH 16, 2015
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The Partners in Health clinician was working in an Ebola treatment unit and in a government hospital in Port Loko that tended to malaria, tuberculosis, and other illnesses endemic in West Africa, Farmer said.

After testing positive for Ebola on March 10, the health worker was flown from Sierra Leone to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., arriving Friday. The NIH changed his status from serious to critical Monday. The clinician has asked the agency to withhold his name and other information, including whether he is a doctor, nurse, or some other health professional.

It?s not known how the man became infected, but he could have contracted the illness from a patient whose Ebola infection had not been diagnosed, Farmer said. The clinician fell ill at the government hospital; other health workers were exposed to the deadly virus while caring for him there.
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The man diagnosed with Ebola, Farmer said, had just accepted ?the job of his dreams? at an American hospital but postponed starting because he felt compelled to help in Africa. He had been in Sierra Leone for 16 days. Farmer said he had not met the clinician but has gotten to know his family since he became ill. ?They understand why he wanted to serve. I do, too.?
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http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...-with-ebola/zhgRrNHiuBj6gkbavmatZN/story.html
 
As reported by Timothy Uyeki, MD, MPH, MPP
Chief Medical Officer
Influenza Division
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Clinical Team Lead, Ebola Response
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


in the COCA call of March 26, this ebola patient has been upgraded to serious condition.
 
For Immediate Release: Monday, March 30, 2015

Update on clinical status of patient with Ebola virus at the NIH Clinical Center

The status of the patient with Ebola virus disease being treated at the NIH Clinical Center has improved from serious to fair condition. No additional details about the patient are being shared at this time.
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http://www.nih.gov/news/health/mar2015/nih-30.htm
 
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Update on clinical status of patient with Ebola virus at the NIH Clinical Center

The status of the patient with Ebola virus disease being treated at the NIH Clinical Center has improved from fair to good condition. No additional details about the patient are being shared at this time.
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http://www.nih.gov/news/health/apr2015/nih-07.htm
 
Patient admitted with Ebola virus disease discharged from NIH Clinical Center

The American healthcare worker admitted to the NIH Clinical Center on March 13 with Ebola virus disease was discharged today in good condition after having been successfully treated at the NIH Clinical Center Special Clinical Studies Unit. The individual is no longer contagious to the community. At the request of the patient, no further information is being provided.
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http://www.nih.gov/news/health/apr2015/nih-09.htm
 
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