Ebola Preparedness Protocols

This page provides PDFs of all of the support documents referred to within the protocols document, as well as additional information.

• Biosafety Transport in the SCDU: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/7187/?security=2729e0edfbb9d9c7daf23663c04c3c746e8facba 
• Decedent Management in the SCDU: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/7209/?security=4d3500e57bea2d859e6d29d4f99dea49ab42b718  
• Discharge Criteria for Patients in the Serious Communicable Diseases Unit: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/7193/?security=300bb5c83c67f0dcaaa4aba6076f5f5133546e29 
• Doffing Gloves in the SCDU: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/23519/?security=ee2c49703657db62d16b6148d87753f0a3571732 
• Lab Specimen Collection and Transport: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/7203/?security=b9cf49e02b4c8ac471ca47e9c3c23f096e9e907d 
• Management of a Highly Infectious Spill in the SCDU: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/7207/?security=72a1bf950227355110d84e2ba7533d85da68c9ca 
• Management of Defective PPE in the SCDU: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/7205/?security=d63ab00ac7bdc660af30f728fa5abbf431fb094c 
• Occupational Injury Management in the SCDU: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/13639/?security=8b7c7787726728ed906ea06d61b29b79ac8e494d 
• Patient Evacuation from the SCDU in an emergency: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/7213/?security=484b659a2876ceea3558afb9b762c8b0a0a2da66 
• Performing X-rays in the SCDU: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/7215/?security=499e25c909a70205d35c45b10d55a59a70a9489a 
• Personal Protective Equipment in the SCDU: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/7217/?security=4af887b7edc3f58096668a80240e632fe028a8e1 
• SCDU Activation and Just in Time Training: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/7219/?security=1111ca4ff6be74c34532931d89d0386aff2006a2 
• SCDU In Room Disinfection Instructions for Toileting: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/7233/?security=80d97670c4fad5bb9d5925a132636110d74dd463 
• Serious Communicable Diseases Unit: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/7221/?security=84d0666ac5a6d83f9238afdf3b172d128df42e9c 
• Terminal Cleaning in the SCDU: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/7223/?security=636b331611b5000754b2dc7df18b4541ee18d1d2 
• Waste Management Overview in the SCDU: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/7225/?security=f1c72916a77919358124eaea44c928e600a4a36a 
• Waste Management Procedure with autoclaving in the SCDU: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/23441/?security=7e16d49e05c2fd80560462b1cd67e99bc30e8364 
• Waste Management Procedure without autoclaving in the SCDU: https://emory.ellucid.com/documents/view/23442/?security=529920ecb2d85dbe1758bfc8bf7c39c95fcc456f 

 This site is provided as a courtesy to those interested in Emory Healthcare and does not constitute medical or any other advice and does not create any physician-patient relationship. Also, Emory Healthcare does not endorse or recommend any specific commercial product or service. This website is provided solely for informational purposes only and no part of it may be used for any other purpose. The Emory Healthcare Ebola Preparedness Protocols full site/materials Disclaimer is available at www.emoryhealthcare.org/ebolaprep.

This website was created by Melanie De Gennaro, Corporate Director, Emory Healthcare Communications; Nancye Feistritzer, CNO, Emory University Hospital; Bryce Gartland, M.D., VP of Operations, Emory University Hospital; and Elizabeth Sprouse, Senior Communications Manager, Emory Healthcare Communications.

Thank you to the Emory Healthcare team members who contributed to the content of this site.