Guidance

Ebola: risk assessment in prison

How to assess prison detainees who have arrived from West Africa for Ebola virus disease (EVD).

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 24 October 2014
• Last updated: 16 February 2015 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 21 June 2018

This document was withdrawn in June 2018. For current advice on Ebola, see the Ebola collection.

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[Withdrawn] Ebola virus disease: current risk assessment in prisons

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Details

This guidance was written during the 2014 to 2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

This guidance provides an algorithm to help assess the risk of Ebola virus disease (EVD) posed by prison detainees who have arrived from West Africa.

Published 24 October 2014
Last updated 16 February 2015 + show all updates

1. 16 February 2015

   Updated guidance.

2. 22 January 2015

   Added 21 January guidance. Epidemiology updated. Made more explicit that it is for the infectious disease consultant to contact the Imported Fever Service.

3. 4 December 2014

   Updated guidance.

4. 25 November 2014

   Updated guidance with new fever threshold.

5. 6 November 2014

   Updated guidance.

6. 24 October 2014

   First published.