Update: Patient With Ebola Symptoms at Medical Center of the Rockies Transferred

Update 4/3/15 @ 5 am:

UCHealth and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment have transported a patient with Ebola symptoms from Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland to University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora.  A test conducted by the Health Department showed the patient was negative for Ebola. However, physicians, nurses and staff will still keep the patient in isolation. The patient will stay in UCH’s secure, isolation unit, away from other patients, where health care experts will determine whether additional testing is warranted.
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Update 4/2/15 at 8 am: The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment laboratory has completed the Ebola test for the patient at Medical Center of the Rockies. Result of the test is negative for Ebola. Medical Center of the Rockies will continue providing care to the patient.

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A patient with symptoms of Ebola is being tested and evaluated at Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment did not give the patient's hometown or gender, but said they had recently traveled to an Ebola-affected country.  The patient was isolated from patients, staff and visitors during the evaluation process.

HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST EBOLA

• There is no FDA-approved vaccine available for Ebola. Experimental vaccines and treatments for Ebola are under development, but they have not yet been fully tested for safety or effectiveness.
• wash your hands often with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
• Do not not touch the blood or body fluids (like urine, feces, saliva, vomit, sweat, and semen) of people who are sick.
• Do not handle items that may have come in contact with a sick person’s blood or body fluids, like clothes, bedding, needles, or medical equipment.
• Do not touch the body of someone who has died of Ebola