Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines: 
Ebola Information for Health Professionals

11/5/2014

If evaluating a patient suspected to have Ebola virus disease, call the Minnesota Department of Health at 651-201-5414.

• Identify, Isolate, Inform: Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of Patients with Possible Ebola Virus Disease (PDF)
  This infographic describes ambulatory care evaluation and triage of patients with possible Ebola virus disease including PPE. Attn: Non-MDH link.

Person Under Investigation:

A person who has both consistent signs or symptoms and risk factors as follows:

• Elevated body temperature or subjective fever
  OR symptoms including:
  • severe headache
  • fatigue
  • muscle pain
  • vomiting
  • diarrhea
  • abdominal pain
  • unexplained hemorrhage 
    AND
• An epidemiologic risk factor within the 21 days before the onset of symptoms
  • CDC: Ebola for Health Professionals
     

Confirmed Case:

A Person Under Investigation with laboratory-confirmed diagnostic evidence of Ebola virus infection.