Table 8 Clinical management of patients
Hospitals that (would) take care of EDV patients | Other hospitals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical management of patients | In place | Action needed | In place | Action needed | Significance |
Clinicians especially frontline clinicians in the ICU and EMDs are trained in recognizing the characteristics of patients with EVD | 41 (62.1) | 6 (9.1) | 29 (52.7) | 9 (16.4) | 0.38 |
Clinicians are aware of the basic principles of supportive clinical care for patients with EVD | 48 (72.7) | 4 (6.1) | 29 (51.8) | 14 (25.0) | < 0.01 |
Laboratories have protocols in place for the detection of EVD | 40 (61.5) | 12 (18.5) | 25 (44.6) | 15 (26.8) | 0.31 |
Laboratories have protocols for the diagnosis of fever in travelers returning from West Africa in particular ruling out malaria and typhoid promptly | 37 (56.1) | 16 (24.2) | 34 (60.7) | 8 (14.3) | 0.43 |
ICU facilities are available for patients with suspected and probable EVD to receive the best supportive care | 31 (47.7) | 23 (35.4) | 14 (25.0) | 20 (35.7) | 0.21 |
Renal replacement therapy is available for patients with renal failure due to EVD | 15 (22.7) | 29 (43.9) | 9 (16.1) | 22 (39.3) | 0.77 |
A process is in place for fast tracking access to any new therapeutics which might become available for treatment or chemoprophylaxis of EVD | 18 (27.3) | 30 (45.5) | 1 (1.8) | 31 (56.4) | < 0.01 |