Guidance

Ebola: advice for sewage and water handlers

Guidance and advice about the risk of contracting Ebola virus disease (EVD) from sewage.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 20 November 2014
• Last updated: 13 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This publication was withdrawn on 21 June 2018

This document was withdrawn in June 2018.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[Withdrawn] Ebola: information for sewage and water handlers

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Details

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

This guidance should be read in conjunction with decontamination guidance for persons with Ebola and other viral haemorrhagic fevers produced by the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP), and advice on working with sewage produced by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Published 20 November 2014
Last updated 13 February 2015 + show all updates

1. 13 February 2015

   Updated guidance.

2. 20 November 2014

   First published.