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.