Additional Resources

Related OSHA Safety and Health Topics Pages

• Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention
• Bloodborne Pathogens - Worker protections against occupational exposure to infectious diseases
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

General Ebola Information

• Ebola Disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
• Ebola virus disease. World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations (UN).
• Questions and answers: Ebola virus disease. WHO, UN.
• Ebola. John Hopkins Medicine.
• Ebola Disease: Outbreaks. CDC, HHS

General Resources for Workers and Employers

• Bloodborne Infectious Diseases. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), CDC, HHS.
• OSHA Fact Sheet: Protecting Workers during a Pandemic. OSHA, DOL.
• Handwashing in Communities: Clean Hands Save Lives. CDC, HHS.
• Effective Handwashing: Learn, Teach, Repeat. Public Health Matters Blog, CDC, HHS.
• Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care. CDC, HHS.
• OSHA Fact Sheet: PPE Matrix for Occupational Exposure to Ebola Virus. OSHA, DOL.
• Guidance for Donning and Doffing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). CDC, HHS.

Healthcare Workers and Employers

• Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in U.S. Healthcare Settings for Evaluating Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) for Ebola Who Are Clinically Stable and Do Not Have Bleeding, Vomiting, or Diarrhea. CDC, HHS.
• Frequently Asked Questions for Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment in U.S Healthcare Settings During Management of Patients Persons Confirmed to have Selected Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers or Patients Suspected to have Selected Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Who are Clinically Unstable or Have Bleeding, Vomiting, and Diarrhea. CDC, HHS.
• Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). CDC, HHS.
• Infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance summary. WHO, UN.
• Interim Guidance for Environmental Infection Control in Hospitals for Ebola Virus. CDC, HHS.

Laboratory Workers and Employers

• Guidance for U.S. Hospitals and Clinical Laboratories on Performing Routine Diagnostic Testing for Patients with Suspected Ebola Disease. CDC, HHS.
• Ebolaviruses: Infectious substances Pathogen Safety Data Sheet. Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Government of Canada (GC).
• Laboratory diagnosis of Ebola virus disease. WHO, UN.
• Packaging and Transporting Infectious Substances. CDC, HHS.
• Kaufman SG, Berkelman R. 2007. Appl Biosafety 12(3) 178-184. Biosafety “Behavioral Based” Training for High Biocontainment Laboratories: Bringing Theory into Practice for Biosafety Training.
• Transporting Infectious Substances Safely. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

Cleaning, Decontamination, and Waste Management

• Information on Cleaning and Decontamination. CDC, HHS.
• Guidance for Decontamination and Removal of Ebolavirus-Contaminated Waste for U.S. Residence. CDC, HHS.
• Interim Guidance for Decontamination and Waste Disposal in a Commercial Passenger Aircraft Carrying a Traveler with Ebola Disease or Other Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF). CDC, HHS.
• Decontamination of Vehicles Used for Transportation of Potential Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Patients or Related Equipment. Technical Information Paper 13-031-0914. U.S. Army Public Health Command.
• Rapid guidance on the decommissioning of Ebola care facilities. WHO, UN.
• Fact Sheet: Safe Handling, Treatment, Transport and Disposal of Ebola-Contaminated Waste. OSHA, DOL; NIOSH, CDC, HHS; EPA, DOI.
• Infection Prevention Control and Recommendations for Patients in U.S. Hospitals who are Suspected or Confirmed to have Selected Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF). CDC, HHS.
• Information on the Survivability of the Ebola Virus in Medical Waste. CDC, HHS.
• Managing Solid Waste Contaminated with a Category A Infectious Substance. DOT; DOL; EPA, DOI; U.S. Department of Defense (DoD); CDC and the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), HHS (August 2019).
• Handling VHF-Associated Waste

Mortuary & Death Care Workers and Employers

• Ebola Mortuary Guidance Job Aid. CDC, HHS.
• Guidelines for Protecting Mortuary Affairs Personnel from Potentially Infectious Materials. U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine.
• New WHO safe and dignified burial protocol - key to reducing Ebola transmission. WHO, UN.

Airline, Airport, and Other Transportation Workers and Employers

• Guidance for Airlines on Reporting Onboard Deaths or Illnesses to CDC. CDC, HHS.
• NIOSH Fact Sheet: Ebola Information for Airport Passenger Assistance Workers. NIOSH, CDC, HHS.
• Air Transport & Communicable Diseases. International Air Transportation Authority (IATA).
• Preventing Spread of Disease on Commercial Aircraft: Guidance for Cabin Crew CDC, HHS.
• NIOSH Fact Sheet: Ebola Information for Airport Retail and Food Service Workers NIOSH, HHS.

Border, Customs, and Quarantine Workers

• Port Health Station Contact List, Map, and Fact Sheets. CDC, HHS.
• Port Health. CDC, HHS.
• About Quarantine and Isolation. CDC, HHS.

Emergency Responders and Emergency Response Employers

• Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems and 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Centers/Public Safety Answering Points (ECC/PSAPs) for Management of Patients Suspected to have Selected Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers in the United States. CDC, HHS.
• Screening Patients. CDC, HHS.
• Example: Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Decontamination of an Ambulance that has Transported a Person under Investigation or Patient with Confirmed Ebola. CDC, HHS.