Standard, contact and droplet precautions are recommended for management of hospitalized patients with known or suspected Ebola Viral Disease, according to an article on the CDC website.
Though these recommendations focus on the hospital setting, the recommendations for personal protective equipment and environmental infection control measures are applicable to any healthcare setting, according to the article.
In this guidance, healthcare personnel refers all persons — including housekeeping, laundry, security, maintenance — working in healthcare settings who have the potential for exposure to patients and/or to infectious materials, including body substances, contaminated medical supplies and equipment, contaminated environmental surfaces or contaminated air.
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