EMS/First Responder Application of the CDC Measles Recommendations
The CDC has recently published a new document called Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations Guidance for Measles in Healthcare Settings (7/19). It is a comprehensive document aimed at a person who provides health care to individuals who may have measles. It basically provides the framework to plan and develop policies and procedures for, as well as apply definitions and evidence-based care, to both a suspected or known case of measles. It further provides for the protection of First Responders...