Department Of Health
October 15
15:28
2024
The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) has produced specialist guidance on the management of patients with viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) or other infectious diseases of high consequence.
The accompanying risk assessment algorithm sets out a series of steps to establish whether a patient is at minimal risk of VHF or at risk of VHF, and subsequently direct treatment accordingly.
This guidance is for:
- healthcare staff in emergency departments, infectious disease departments, infection control, microbiology or virology, and acute medical units
- ambulance staff who may be required to transport a patient in whom VHF is suspected or confirmed
- those working in laboratories dealing with specimens from patients in whom VHF is suspected or confirmed
- public health professionals, including those in port health authorities, who may be required to carry out public health actions associated with a VHF case
- mortuary and funeral personnel who may need to deal with a VHF case