CDC modifies Ebola monitoring and movement guidelines
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on 27 October upgraded its guidelines for healthcare workers returning to the US after providing care to Ebola patients in West Africa – changes that came after states, primarily New York and New Jersey, imposed mandatory 21-day quarantines for doctors, nurses or other American health professionals coming home from Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone.