European Union SHIPSAN ACT joint action: preparedness for the response to Ebola virus disease in the maritime transport sector.

• Personal protective equipment for port health officers going aboard a ship, which has come from an affected area, without having ill persons on board • Response measures by competent authority when a ship arrives from an affected country with a traveller presenting clinical criteria compatible with Ebola virus disease • Transportation of a patient, meeting the criteria for the person under investigation or probable case, from the ship to the medical facility • Actions by the competent authority in the event of a patient meeting the criteria for the person under investigation or probable case on board a ship • Actions by the competent authority in the event of a traveller on board a ship meeting the criteria for a confirmed case of Ebola virus disease • Waste management (sewage) on ships • Ships visiting ports in affected countries • Recommendatio ns to the captain of a ship departing from affected areas and going to an EU port • Plan for event management of a suspected case of EVD on board ships • Recommendation for port-workers in EU ports, dealing with cargo from affected areas