Handling Human Remains • Only personnel trained in handling infected human remains, and wearing PPE, should touch, or move, any Ebola-infected remains. • Handling of human remains should be kept to a minimum. • Autopsies on patients who die of Ebola should be avoided. If an autopsy is necessary, the state health department and CDC should be consulted regarding additional precautions. http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/guidance-safe-handling-human-remains-ebola-patients-us-hospitals-mortuaries.html
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Handling Human Remains
• Only personnel trained in handling infected human remains, and wearing PPE, should touch, or move, any Ebola-infected remains.
• Handling of human remains should be kept to a minimum.• Autopsies on patients who die of Ebola should be avoided.
If an autopsy is necessary, the state health department and CDC should be consulted regarding additional precautions.
A Liberian military policeman holds his rifle with gloves to avoid contact with the deadly Ebola virus during the burial of several Ebola victims in the Johnsonville community outside Monrovia.
Bioterrorism/Warfare• Airborne transmission of Ebola Zaire has
been demonstrated in monkeys in a controlled laboratory experiment
• Boko Harem stronghold near Ebola outbreak area
• U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases and U.S. Department of Defense’s Joint Project Manager Transformational Medical Technologies Office interested in defense needs
An Opportunity to Do More
• WHO ineffective so far—no $$$• International Health Systems Fund-- “A dedicated International Health Systems Fund at WHO would
rebuild broken trust, with the returns of longer, healthier lives
and economic development far exceeding the costs. This fund
would encompass both emergency response capabilities and enduring health-system development.” L. O. Gostin. Lancet. Sept. 2014
►Multi-billion $ international
investment similar to PEPFAR
and Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tb, and Malaria
Conclusions
• Even though scientists have recently made breakthroughs there is still need for extensive research to find vaccines and therapeutics for this deadly virus.
• Best efforts are directed towards preventing the spread of the disease by determining