While the risks of Ebola transmission are low, it is necessary for health workers and families around infected patients to take precautions. The known ways of contracting the disease include direct and physical contact with body fluids like urine, blood, semen, feces and vomit, among others. Ebola protection measures also caution against contact with fluids of a dead victim.
A person who displays signs such as body aches, diarrhea, high fever and joint pains should seek immediate medical assistance. Hemorrhaging should also be reported at the earliest opportunity. Immediate action includes isolation and specific professional treatment with the aim of increasing the rate of survival.
Broken skin and mucus membranes have also been cited as some of the ways the disease is spread. Indirect contact through contaminated blood and body fluids also spread the disease. Contaminated equipment like gloves, goggles, masks and bed linen should be avoided. Male victims who have recovered should avoid sex since semen can transmit the disease up to seven weeks after treatment.
Health organizations and institutions have released standard protective gear for handling affected patients and materials. The recommendations must be followed by health workers in these facilities and those supporting their work. The gears seek to provide adequate cover to all body parts and ensure a standard and safe operation procedure.
Health workers are warned to be wary of such risks as stigma, long strenuous working hours, psychological distress and violence when working in affected areas. There is a danger of excessive heat from the protective gear. Ergonomic challenges arise from lifting loads and bodies within the facility.
The symptoms of Ebola are likely to be confused with such other diseases as typhoid fever, malaria, rickettsipsis, and cholera. Shigellosis, viral hemorrhagic fevers and relapsing hepatitis also exhibit similar signs. This means that care should only be provided in a hospital or heath facility with qualified doctors and necessary equipment.
When care is provided at home or in ill-equipped facilities the risk grows. This means that home care givers, traditional healers and village midwives who come into contact with infected individuals. Other avenues of contracting the disease include burial rituals and rites that involve direct contact with the body or bodily fluids.
Travelers to areas where the disease has been reported are exposed to a lower risk considering transmission modes. Only direct or indirect contact can cause transmission. Contact with dead animals that succumbed to the disease is a sure way to contract it.
Crew, workers and travelers should take appropriate measures to avoid contact or transmission. This happens at airports, ports or even on the ground when dealing with infected individuals. Exposure to a person who has manifested full blow symptoms on commercial flight or on other modes of transport should be reported to the transport company immediately.
The best protective measure is knowledge of prevention and control measures. People at risk should understand transmission and spread patterns and conditions. Immediate medical attention should be sort whenever a person is suspected to be infected. Travelers returning from infested areas should be monitored for twenty one days.
A person who displays signs such as body aches, diarrhea, high fever and joint pains should seek immediate medical assistance. Hemorrhaging should also be reported at the earliest opportunity. Immediate action includes isolation and specific professional treatment with the aim of increasing the rate of survival.
Broken skin and mucus membranes have also been cited as some of the ways the disease is spread. Indirect contact through contaminated blood and body fluids also spread the disease. Contaminated equipment like gloves, goggles, masks and bed linen should be avoided. Male victims who have recovered should avoid sex since semen can transmit the disease up to seven weeks after treatment.
Health organizations and institutions have released standard protective gear for handling affected patients and materials. The recommendations must be followed by health workers in these facilities and those supporting their work. The gears seek to provide adequate cover to all body parts and ensure a standard and safe operation procedure.
Health workers are warned to be wary of such risks as stigma, long strenuous working hours, psychological distress and violence when working in affected areas. There is a danger of excessive heat from the protective gear. Ergonomic challenges arise from lifting loads and bodies within the facility.
The symptoms of Ebola are likely to be confused with such other diseases as typhoid fever, malaria, rickettsipsis, and cholera. Shigellosis, viral hemorrhagic fevers and relapsing hepatitis also exhibit similar signs. This means that care should only be provided in a hospital or heath facility with qualified doctors and necessary equipment.
When care is provided at home or in ill-equipped facilities the risk grows. This means that home care givers, traditional healers and village midwives who come into contact with infected individuals. Other avenues of contracting the disease include burial rituals and rites that involve direct contact with the body or bodily fluids.
Travelers to areas where the disease has been reported are exposed to a lower risk considering transmission modes. Only direct or indirect contact can cause transmission. Contact with dead animals that succumbed to the disease is a sure way to contract it.
Crew, workers and travelers should take appropriate measures to avoid contact or transmission. This happens at airports, ports or even on the ground when dealing with infected individuals. Exposure to a person who has manifested full blow symptoms on commercial flight or on other modes of transport should be reported to the transport company immediately.
The best protective measure is knowledge of prevention and control measures. People at risk should understand transmission and spread patterns and conditions. Immediate medical attention should be sort whenever a person is suspected to be infected. Travelers returning from infested areas should be monitored for twenty one days.
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