[HTML][HTML] A plan for community event-based surveillance to reduce Ebola transmission—Sierra Leone, 2014–2015
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MMWR/January 30, 2015/Vol. 64/No. 3 71 officers might visit affected villages to assist the
monitor and supervisor in complicated or sensitive situations. When a supervisor finds a
suspected Ebola case, he or she isolates the person at the periphery of the village, notifies
the district Ebola surveillance office, and requests transportation for that person to a holding
center, where staff collect blood specimens for Ebola virus testing. The supervisors carry
sachets of oral rehydration salts to initiate early treatment, and packets of powdered bleach …
monitor and supervisor in complicated or sensitive situations. When a supervisor finds a
suspected Ebola case, he or she isolates the person at the periphery of the village, notifies
the district Ebola surveillance office, and requests transportation for that person to a holding
center, where staff collect blood specimens for Ebola virus testing. The supervisors carry
sachets of oral rehydration salts to initiate early treatment, and packets of powdered bleach …
MMWR/January 30, 2015/Vol. 64/No. 3 71 officers might visit affected villages to assist the monitor and supervisor in complicated or sensitive situations. When a supervisor finds a suspected Ebola case, he or she isolates the person at the periphery of the village, notifies the district Ebola surveillance office, and requests transportation for that person to a holding center, where staff collect blood specimens for Ebola virus testing. The supervisors carry sachets of oral rehydration salts to initiate early treatment, and packets of powdered bleach (with instructions for use) to provide to households with suspected cases to disinfect surfaces possibly contaminated with infected body fluids. With the assistance
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