Interim U.S. Guidance for Monitoring and Movement of Persons with Potential Ebola Virus Exposure
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Updated: November 28, 2014 This guidance was updated November 16, 2014, to reflect the following: 1. All healthcare workers who engaged in direct patient care in any healthcare setting in a country with widespread transmission or cases in urban settings with uncertain control measures are considered to be in the "some risk" category. 2. Laboratory workers in Biosafety Level 4 facilities are considered to have "no identifiable risk". The guidance was updated November 28, 2014, to incorporate language about countries with cases in urban settings with uncertain control measures.
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دوره 63 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014