We have been told repeatedly that the Ebola virus is not an airborne virus and can not be transmitted by casual contact. The Center for disease control recently updated their web site. It seems they changed some of the definitions. FROM CDC WEB SITE: Case Definition for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Person Under Investigation (PUI) A person who has both consistent symptoms and risk factors as follows: 1) Clinical criteria, which includes fever of greater than 38.6 degrees Celsius or 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit, and additional symptoms such as severe headache, muscle pain, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, or unexplained hemorrhage; AND 2) Epidemiologic risk factors within the past 21 days before the onset of symptoms, such as contact with blood or other body fluids or human remains of a patient known to have or suspected to have EVD; residence in—or travel to—an area where EVD transmission is active*; or direct handling of bats, rodents, or primates from disease-endemic areas. Probable Case A PUI who is a contact of an EVD case with either a high or low risk exposure (see below).... Household member or other casual contact1 with an EVD patient Providing patient care or casual contact1 without high-risk exposure with EVD patients in health care facilities in EVD outbreak affected countries* No known exposure Hmmm, What on Earth could that little Footnote 1 mean??!? Here ya go: 1 Casual contact is defined as a) being within approximately 3 feet (1 meter) or within the room or care area for a prolonged period of time (e.g., healthcare personnel, household members) while not wearing recommended personal protective equipment (i.e., droplet and contact precautions–see Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations); or b) having direct brief contact (e.g., shaking hands) with an EVD case while not wearing recommended personal protective equipment (i.e., droplet and contact precautions–see Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations). At this time, brief interactions, such as walking by a person or moving through a hospital, do not constitute casual contact. * Outbreak affected countries include Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Lagos, Nigeria, as of 4-August-2014
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:15:09 +0000
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