Friday 10 October 2014

Prevention - EBOLA


  • Try to keep hygienic. Example :- wash your hands before any activity related to eating etc. And also try to avoid the contact with blood.
  • Avoid to touch anything  (such as clothes, bedding, needles, and medical equipment) that are in direct contact with the infected person and also avoid to the blood of infected person.
  • Avoid funeral or burial rituals that require handling the body of someone who has died from Ebola.
  • Avoid raw meat.
  • Avoid hospitals in West Africa where Ebola patients are being treated. The U.S. embassy or consulate is often able to provide advice on facilities.
  • After you return, monitor your health for 21 days and seek medical care immediately if you develop symptoms of Ebola.

    Heathcare :- 

    • Wear protective clothing, including masks, gloves, gowns, and eye protection and use new injection.
    • Practice proper infection control and sterilization measures. 
    • Isolate patients with Ebola from other patients.
    • Avoid direct contact with the bodies of people who have died from Ebola.
    • Notify health officials if you have had direct contact with the blood or body fluids, such as but not limited to, feces, saliva, urine, vomit, and semen of a person who is sick with Ebola. 
    • The virus can enter the body through broken skin or unprotected mucous membranes in, for example, the eyes, nose, or mouth
    • Try to avoid the places in which Ebola patient get treatment.
    • Get bath daily and wear clean clothes and also wash them regularly.
    • If get symptoms of Ebola contact to your nearest hospital immediately. 
For more information, see “Infection Control for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers in the African Health Care Setting”.

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