Ebola Information for Residents of Santa Clara County
There is no Ebola in Santa Clara County and the risk to the Santa Clara County residents is low. The Santa Clara County Public Health Department (http://www.sccgov.org/sites/sccphd/en-us/Pages/phd.aspx) has been preparing and will continue to prepare for the chance that a person sick with Ebola comes to a Santa Clara County hospital.
PHD has been in repeated, regular communication with local hospitals to share information about Ebola. Health Advisories and Updates were made available on 08/21/14, 08/04/14 and 07/28/14 to the Santa Clara County medical community. These communications provided guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) about how to identify possible cases and recommendations to prevent the spread of Ebola.
Hospital staff throughout Santa Clara County, and the United States, are routinely trained to put protections in place when dealing with contagious patients. Protections include gloves, waterproof gowns, face masks and eye protection. These measures are very effective in preventing the spread of infection.
Hospitals have also have been given guidelines about isolating any individual with suspected Ebola virus to prevent the spread of the virus to health care workers, patients and the public.
If a person in our county is suspected to have Ebola, the Public Health Department, local hospitals and the local medical community, with other partners, will work together to keep patients, visitors, employees and the public safe.
Ebola Facts
* There is no Ebola in Santa Clara County.
* Santa Clara County has been preparing and continues to prepare for the unlikely chance that a person in Santa Clara County becomes sick with Ebola.
* The Santa Clara County Public Health Department has shared information to help medical providers and hospitals in our community to be informed and prepared.
* Ebola can only be spread by a person who is sick and has symptoms of the disease. The disease is spread by contact with a sick person’s body fluids
Address/Location
Santa Clara Police Department
601 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95050
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 408-615-5580