Ebola Q&A for Health Care Workers

Participants on the “NETEC Town Hall: Preparing Frontline Healthcare Workers for Ebola” webinar submitted questions to our subject matter experts. Many of the questions were answered during the event, however the remaining questions have been answered by our experts below. While many answers are universal, some responses are based on the practices within a particular institution that supports NETEC. If you have additional questions, please contact our support services group by filling out this form.

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We are a small critical access hospital with limited staff and resources. Would we be able to quickly transfer to a larger facility that is more prepared? Is there a plan or a process for that? How long do we need to be prepared to handle a possible PUI?

Each HHS/ASPR region has a Regional Ebola and other Special Pathogen Treatment Center. Hospitals should work with their local and state health authorities to develop a plan for these transfers. Each region, and most states, have these plans already, but it is a good time to review and update. CDC has a hotline for the Emergency Operations Center that is very helpful. There is also a NETEC hotline that providers and facilities can call during these events to help get information and resources for their healthcare workers and help connect to the RESPTC in their region.
Category: Facility Capacity and Coordination with Treatment Centers
Updated on November 11, 2022
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