Ebola Infection Paper

There are several challenges with the Ebola virus, as well as, risks of transmission. Many are familiar with the outbreak of the Ebola virus in 2014 because it reached the U.S., and the threat of the epidemic spreading across our country was frightening. Some challenges with Ebola include protecting healthcare workers and improving infection control, which is key to stopping an epidemic (Determining Risks of Ebola Transmission in Healthcare and Community Settings, 2014). These are two key challenges because healthcare workers are an important link to the community, as well as, effective infection control.

As stated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “since the discovery of the Ebola virus, there have been Ebola infections among healthcare workers in almost every outbreak” (Determining Risks of Ebola Transmission in Healthcare, 2014, para. 1). This is an important fact because when healthcare workers are affected, then there is an increased risk to patients and the community, hence, the need for an effective means of infection control to protect workers and the community.

Many people in a community rely on a particular facility to receive care due to economic factors, such as lack of transportation and lower incomes. So …show more content…
4). The risk to the community can be broken down further into linked and unlinked community transmission categories. Linked community transmission means that an identified case can be linked to another case that has been previously identified, and unlinked community transmission means that an identified case may not be able to be linked to someone who has EVD