Describing readmissions to an Ebola case management centre (CMC), Sierra Leone, 2014

G Fitzpatrick; F Vogt; Ob Moi Gbabai; B Black; M Santantonio; E Folkesson; T Decroo; M Van Herp

Describing readmissions to an Ebola case management centre (CMC), Sierra Leone, 2014

G Fitzpatrick, F Vogt, Ob Moi Gbabai, B Black, M Santantonio, E Folkesson, T Decroo, M Van Herp

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Case management centres (CMCs) are part of the outbreak control plan for Ebola virus disease (EVD). A CMC in Sierra Leone had 33% (138/419) of primary admissions discharged as EVD negative (not a case). Fifteen of these were readmitted within 21 days, nine of which were EVD positive. All readmissions had contact with an Ebola case in the community in the previous 21 days indicating that the infection was likely acquired outside the CMC.

Original language	English
Article number	20924
Journal	Eurosurveillance
Volume	19
Issue number	40
ISSN	1560-7917
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Case Management/organization & administration
Contact Tracing
Disease Outbreaks
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/epidemiology
Humans
Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data
Patient Admission/statistics & numerical data
Patient Readmission/statistics & numerical data
Sierra Leone

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