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Alameda County and local hospitals outline Ebola screening, isolation and training plans
Summary
County public health officials and local hospitals briefed supervisors on Ebola planning, covering screening at ports of entry, monitoring and quarantine authority, lab testing pathways, hospital isolation protocols and staff training across Alameda County institutions.
Alameda County public health leaders and representatives from local hospitals briefed the Board of Supervisors on Oct. 28 about Ebola preparedness, outlining screening, isolation, laboratory and training steps the county and health systems have taken.
Dr. Erica Pan, the county’s deputy health officer, told the board that Ebola is spread by direct contact with bodily fluids and that people are infectious only once symptomatic. She reviewed the 21-day window for symptom onset after exposure and described airport- and CDC-led screening measures that now route travelers from the three affected West African countries through five U.S.…
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