Emerging Infectious Disease Activations and Information

CHCANYS' Emergency Management program staff are available to support health centers in planning for Ebola preparedness and actively responding to requests for assistance. To contact the CHCANYS EM program staff, please email us at EMTeam@chcanys.org. 

Register for Important Health Alerts:

• CDC Health Alerts Network
• NYS Department of Health Health Commerce System (HCS)
• NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Health Alert Network (HAN)

Updates from Key Health Organizations:

CDC

• CDC Ebola website
• Identify, Isolate, Inform: Emergency Department Evaluation and Management for Patients Who Present with Possible Ebola Virus Disease  
• What’s the difference between infections spread through the air or by droplets?  
• New! 8.27.15 Donning and Doffing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Evaluating Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) for Ebola Who Are Clinically Stable

HRSA

• HRSA Ebola Virus Disease Webpage
• Ebola Preparedness Considerations
• Ebola Screening Criteria

NYS Department of Health

• NYS DOH Ebola Information Line: 1-800-861-2280

• NYSDOH Ebola website
• NYS county health departments
• NYSDOH Ebola informational e-mail (for use in contacting NYSDOH)
• NYSDOH Commissioner's Order on Ebola Virus Disease
• NYSDOH Commissioner's Order FAQ

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

• NYC DOHMH Ebola website
• 2014 Alert #38: Ebola Update: New Cases Identified in Mali (11.20.14)
• 2014 ALERT #37: Patient Tests Presumptively Positive for Ebola Virus Disease in New York City (10.23.14)
• 2014 Alert #36: Ebola Virus Disease Update (10.20.14)
• 2014 Advisory #35: Ebola Virus Disease Update (10.09.14)

NACHC

• Press Release: Community Health Centers and Ebola (10.16.14)
• Health Center News and Happenings Blog: Ebola and Community Health Centers (10.16.14)

Primary Care Emergency Preparedness Network

• PCEPN Activations

Archived Webinar / Conference Call Materials and Resources

• HHS: Preparing Your Healthcare System for Ebola (10.09.14 and 10.20.14)
• NACHC Teleforum: The Role of Health Centers in the Ebola Outbreak (10.23.14)
• Clinical Directors Network (CDN): Ebola in NYC - What You Need to Know (10.23.14)

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