PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Nierengarten, Mary Beth ED - Pigott, David C. TI - EDs Need to Recognize and Treat Highly Infectious Pathogens DP - 2014 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 9--10 VI - 14 IP - 46 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/46/9.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/46/9.full AB - Emergency department (ED) providers need to become familiar with highly infectious pathogens that may appear in patients presenting for care and should take a good travel history that includes asking about high-risk locations and exposures as well as symptom onset and duration. This article discusses ways to safely evaluate and manage patients with suspected highly infectious pathogens who present to EDs while also minimizing the safety risk to ED health care workers.