Rapid #scientific #advice on IPC measures for patients in #healthcare settings with #Andes virus (ANDV) disease In the context of the M/V Hondius cruise ship outbreak (ECDC, 15 May 2026, summary)

 

Key messages  

    -- This document aims to provide advice on infection prevention and control (IPC) measures for healthcare facilities providing care to patients with suspected or confirmed ANDV disease.  

    -- The advice is an update of previous recommendations in the ‘Threat Assessment Brief: Hantavirus-associated cluster of illness on a cruise ship: ECDC assessment and recommendations, of 6 May 2026’ and the ‘Rapid Scientific Advice on the management of passengers in the context of the Andes virus outbreak on the cruise ship M/V Hondius, of 9 May 2026’, with a focus on the application of IPC measures in healthcare facilities [1,2].  

    -- ECDC rapid scientific advice disclosure statement: 

        - ECDC issues rapid scientific advice to meet an emergent or urgent public health need or to quickly reply to external requests. 

    - To accommodate the accelerated timeline, the process and methods used for the development of rapid scientific advice may be modified from those of standard assessments and recommendations. 

    - Potential limitations are described in the document. 

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Source: 

Link: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/rapid-scientific-advice-infection-prevention-and-control-measures-patients

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