BMC Medicine | |
Infection prevention and control of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, 2014–2015: key challenges and successes | |
Commentary | |
Neil Gupta1  Dale Fisher2  Rose MaCauley3  Catherine Cooper4  Carmem L. Pessoa-Silva5  | |
[1] Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 30333, Atlanta, GA, USA;Division of Infectious Diseases, University Medicine Cluster, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore;Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore;John Snow, Inc., 02210-1211, Boston, MA, USA;Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, PO Box 10–9009, 1000, Monrovia 10, Liberia;Pandemic and Epidemic Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; | |
关键词: Liberia; Ebola; Infection prevention and control; Outbreak response; GOARN; | |
DOI : 10.1186/s12916-015-0548-4 | |
received in 2015-12-21, accepted in 2015-12-21, 发布年份 2016 | |
来源: Springer | |
【 摘 要 】
Prior to the 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak, infection prevention and control (IPC) activities in Liberian healthcare facilities were basic. There was no national IPC guidance, nor dedicated staff at any level of government or healthcare facility (HCF) to ensure the implementation of best practices. Efforts to improve IPC early in the outbreak were ad hoc and messaging was inconsistent. In September 2014, at the height of the outbreak, the national IPC Task Force was established with a Ministry of Health (MoH) mandate to coordinate IPC response activities. A steering group of the Task Force, including representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), supported MoH leadership in implementing standardized messaging and IPC training for the health workforce. This structure, and the activities implemented under this structure, played a crucial role in the implementation of IPC practices and successful containment of the outbreak. Moving forward, a nationwide culture of IPC needs to be maintained through this governance structure in Liberia’s health system to prevent and respond to future outbreaks.
【 授权许可】
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© Cooper et al. 2016
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