Guidance

Ebola: environmental cleaning guidance for potential contamination

Guidelines for people carrying out cleaning procedures associated with suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola (excluding healthcare settings).

From:
Public Health England
Published
13 August 2014
Last updated
13 February 2015 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on

This document was withdrawn in June 2018.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

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[Withdrawn] Environmental cleaning guidance for potential Ebola contamination (excluding healthcare settings)

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Details

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

This document provides guidance on:

  • precautions to be taken by people carrying out cleaning procedures associated with suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola
  • actions to take after the suspected case of Ebola has been assessed
Published 13 August 2014
Last updated 13 February 2015 + show all updates

  1. Updated guidance.

  2. Updated version (22 December v5), local health protection team section added.

  3. Updated guidance (2 December, v4): chlorine concentrations for cleaning have been corrected.

  4. Updated guidance with details on disposal of waste water from cases.

  5. Updated guidance available.

  6. PDF updated.

  7. First published.