Biological safety at carrying out anti-epidemic measures during the liquidation of the epidemic Ebola fever in the Republic of Guinea

• Naydenova E.V.
• Lopatin A.A.
• Safonov V.A.
• Kolomoets E.V.
• Levkovskiy A.E.
• Silla A.L.
• Starshinov V.A.
• Shcherbakova S.A.
• Maleev V.V.

Abstract

During the Liquidation of the epidemic, the Russian Federation provided assistance to the Republic of Guinea by "RUSAL" and together with specialists from Rospotrebnadzor, a hospital was built for the treatment of patients with Ebola fever. During the operation of the treatment center, the maximum possible Level of biological safety was ensured, which allowed to identify cases of illness, isolation and treatment of patients and avoid cases of intrahospital infection.

Keywords:Ebola virus disease, biological safety, epidemic, antiepidemic measures, hospital

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