Screening Script and SOP

INITIAL SCREENING and PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT: Steps for CBP and QS Staff

STEP 1- INITIAL SCREENING

1. Visual inspection – if ill appearing with a RING card sign or symptom, refer immediately for PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT (step 2), if not, go to step 1b

2. Temp check – if elevated (>100.4), refer immediately (do not do temp re-check) for PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT (step 2), if not, go to step 1c

3. Ask traveler whether they have been in any of the outbreak areas in the past 21 days (Note – if they answer yes, mark the district. If all other screening is negative, they DO NOT need a PHA).

4. Screening questions - See “Ebola Screening Script” below. If pax answers yes to any of these questions, refer for PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT (step 2)

5. Confirmation of contact information transmitted by the airline to CBP

   1. Confirm the name, date of birth, street address, city, state, primary phone number, and email address are correct. If no information available, collect these five fields of information.

6. Provide traveler with information to monitor for signs and symptoms and steps to take if ill

STEP 2 –PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT:

1. If step 1 identified evidence of illness, conduct illness response using Air Illness and Death Form and repeat temperature measurement.