Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
OMB approved 0920-1031
Exp 04/30/2015
Traveler Name: _________________________________ Date (mm/dd/yy): ___________________________
Passport Country: _______________________________ Passport Number: ___________________________
RISK ASSESSMENT FOR TRAVELERS FROM COUNTRIES WITH WIDESPREAD EBOLA VIRUS TRANSMISSION
Instructions to CDC staff:
Read the following risk assessment questions to the traveler. All questions refer to the past 21 days. Relevant countries are those with either widespread transmission or localized transmission with uncertain control measures.
Questions 1-6 must be completed. Check YES, NO or UNKNOWN. If a HIGH risk exposure is identified in questions 1-6, you may stop. If no high risk exposures are identified in questions 1-6, also complete question 7.
Get a description of any potential exposures identified or any situation where exposure is uncertain and document on page 3. Dates of exposure must be obtained. Ask additional questions as needed to get as complete a description as possible. Call Global Migration Task Force (GMTF) Ebola Consultant on-call for high or some risk exposures or when risk is uncertain.
Complete assessment section on page 2. Check overall exposure assessment.
Complete signs/symptom section using checkboxes. Record measured temperature and date of first symptom onset. Record whether fever-reducing medications were taken, including dose and last time taken.
Check disposition and record state/local health department (S/L HD) notification.
Complete and sign evaluator section. Medical officer must co-sign for any public health action beyond releasing the traveler.
NOTE: “Person with Ebola” includes confirmed or suspect cases or any person who died of an illness that included fever, vomiting, diarrhea, or unexplained bleeding. If not a confirmed case, get more information about illness/death circumstances.
For the purpose of this document, appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) is defined as wearing (at a minimum): facemask, eye protection (goggles/face shield), gloves, impermeable gown, boots/shoe covers during every potential exposure.
Body fluids include urine, saliva, sweat, feces, vomit, breast milk, and semen.
Tell traveler: You were referred for public health assessment because of possible exposure to Ebola. I am going to ask you a few questions to get more information. This will help us decide if you need additional evaluation or monitoring.
Country: _____________________________________ Dates in country (mm/dd/yy): ____ / ____ / ____ to ____ / ____ / ____ (If was not in a relevant country or was there > 21 days ago, no assessment needed. Complete on page 2 as no identifiable risk.)
Did you ever come into contact with blood or other body fluids of a person with Ebola? □ Yes □ No □ Unknown
If YES: Did the contact include any of the following (YES to any of these = HIGH RISK, describe on p. 3):
Stuck with a needle or other sharp object? □ Yes □ No □ Unknown
Splashed in the eye, nose or mouth? □ Yes □ No □ Unknown
Blood or body fluids directly on your skin? □ Yes □ No □ Unknown
Did you take care of patients in any healthcare setting while you were in [insert name of country]? YES = SOME RISK (Describe on p. 3)
Did you provide direct care to anyone with Ebola while that person was sick or enter an area (e.g. as an observer) where Ebola patient care was taking place? This includes household or healthcare setting. □ Yes □ No If YES, document setting:
□ Household member providing care = HIGH RISK (Describe on p. 3) □ Healthcare worker (HCW) or □ Observer – ask 2 a & b
NO (to PPE use) = HIGH RISK (Describe on p. 3) YES (to PPE use) = SOME RISK
If YES (to PPE use): Were any healthcare workers in facility diagnosed with Ebola? If YES, get more information to assess whether unrecognized infection control breaches (HIGH RISK) occurred. Call GMTF Ebola consultant. Describe on p. 3.
Did you work in a laboratory in [insert name of country]? □ Yes □ No □ Unknown
If YES: Did you process body fluids of Ebola patients? □ Yes □ No □ Unknown
If YES (to processing body fluids): Did you wear appropriate PPE and follow standard lab biosafety precautions at all times? □ Yes □ No □ Unknown
NO (to PPE use or biosafety precautions) = HIGH RISK
YES (to PPE use or biosafety precautions): Ask name of laboratory and consult attached list of laboratories for which CDC is confident that biosafety precautions are followed. If laboratory is not on list, call CDC Emergency Operations Center (770-488-7100) and ask for the Laboratory Task Force on-call to conduct assessment.
Did you directly touch or handle dead bodies or have contact with the water used to wash dead bodies or the cloth that covered a dead body in [insert name of country]? This might include participating in funeral or burial rites or any other activities that involved handling dead bodies. □ Yes □ No □ Unknown
If YES: Did you wear appropriate PPE at all times? □ Yes □ No □ Unknown
NO (to PPE use) = HIGH RISK YES (to PPE use) = SOME RISK Describe on p. 3.
Did you live or work (such as cleaning or doing laundry) in the same household as a person with Ebola while that person was sick?
□ Yes □ No □ Unknown
Confirm Ebola patient’s date of symptom onset (if known) and dates traveler lived or worked in same household.
Onset date (mm/dd/yy): ____ / ____ / ____ Dates in same household: ____ / ____ / ____ to ____ / ____ / ____
YES (household member during symptomatic period) = HIGH/SOME RISK (get more information, describe on p. 3)
Did you spend any time in the same room with any person with Ebola while the person was sick? □ Yes □ No □ Unknown
If YES: Were you wearing appropriate PPE at all times? □ Yes □ No □ Unknown YES = LOW (BUT NOT ZERO)
If NO (to PPE use): Ask the following:
Did you have any direct contact with the person with Ebola (e.g. shaking hands)? □ Yes □ No □ Unknown
Get more information about stage of illness: EARLY = LOW (BUT NOT ZERO) LATE (SEVERELY ILL) = HIGH
Were you within 3 feet (1 meter) of the person with Ebola? □ Yes □ No □ Unknown
How long were you within 3 feet of the person with Ebola? [Get an estimate of time and a description of activities then consult. Describe on p. 3.] Time: _____ (hours) _____ (minutes) YES AND extended period = SOME RISK
Did you have any other contact with a person with Ebola? □ Yes □ No □ Unknown
[Get a description of each potential exposure then call GMTF Consultant. Describe on p. 3]
EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT: □ High risk □ Some risk □ Low (but not zero) risk □ No identifiable risk
SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS: □ None □ Fever □ Severe headache □ Muscle pain □ Fatigue □ Vomiting □ Diarrhea □ Stomach pain □ Unexplained bleeding or bruising Onset date of earliest symptom (mm/dd/yy): ____ / ____ / ____
MEASURED TEMPERATURE: _______ Time: __________ Temperature method: □ Oral □ Tympanic □ Noncontact
If temperature rechecked: _______ Time: __________ Temperature method: □ Oral □ Tympanic □ Noncontact
Reported use of fever-reducing medication? □ Yes □ No □ Unknown
If YES: medication name: __________________________ Dose: ____________________ Time since last dose: ______________
DISPOSITION: □ Medical evaluation required □ Coordinated disposition with S/L HD □ Released to continue travel
Other (describe): _____________________________________________________________________________________
S/L HD notification:_____________________________________________________________________ Time: ______________
Evaluated by: _____________________________________________ Signature: ______________________________________
Title: ___________________________________________________ Location: ________________________________________
□ Medical Officer consulted Name: __________________________________________ Time: ______________
Medical Officer signature (for any action other than released):______________________________ Date: ______________
DESCRIPTION OF ANY EXPOSURES IDENTIFIED (other than being in relevant country)
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The legal authorities for this collection are sections 311 and 361-368 of the Public Health Service Act.
NOTE: While cooperation with CDC during this proposed risk assessment is voluntary, if an individual refuses to provide the requested information, or is not truthful about the information provided during screening or an illness investigation, CDC may, if it is reasonably believed that the individual is infected with or has been exposed to Ebola, quarantine, isolate, or place the individual under surveillance under 42 CFR 71.32 and 71.33.
Public reporting burden of this collection of information is estimated to average 15 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to CDC/ATSDR Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS D-74, Atlanta, Georgia 30333; ATTN: PRA 0920-1031.
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