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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Handout
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Handout
[Senior CCC RN students: Katie Baumes, Amelia O'Bryan, Colleen Ryan, and Jimmy
Spinelli]
Ebola:
What You Need to Know
Ebola is spread through DIRECT CONTACT
with blood or body fluids from infected
individuals.
- Other body fluids include urine, feces,
vomit, sweat, and semen.
- Ebola can also be transmitted on objects
that have been contaminated such as needles.
How to protect yourself...
-There is currently no FDA approved vaccine.
-There are currently experimental vaccines
and treatments being developed but they
haven't been fully tested for safety and
effectiveness.
- Do wash your hands with soap and water, or
an alcohol-based hand sanitizer often.
- Do Not touch the blood or body fluids of an
individual who is sick, or items that may have
come in contact with that individuals blood or
body fluids (i.e. bedding, clothing, needles,
medical equipment etc).
- Do Not touch the body of an individual who
has died of Ebola.
Mt Sinai in Manhattan, NY
Bellevue in Manhattan, NY
[Senior CCC RN students: Katie Baumes, Amelia O'Bryan, Colleen Ryan, and Jimmy
Spinelli]
Ebola:
What You Need to Know
[Senior CCC RN students: Katie Baumes, Amelia O'Bryan, Colleen Ryan, and Jimmy
Spinelli]