Griffin Hospital in Derby enacted its Ebola response plan as a precaution after an ambulance transported a man who recently returned from Liberia but did not show symptoms consistent with the disease.
The patient's condition is not related to Ebola, but the adult had returned from Liberia within the past 24 to 48 hours, according to Griffin Hospital spokesperson Ken Roberts.
After activating the hospital's Ebola response protocol, medical providers determined that the patient did not have Ebola symptoms, Roberts said.
The patient was transferred to Yale-New Haven Hospital at 4:15 p.m. and was kept isolated until the Ebola protocol was completed, according to Roberts. The hospital contacted the Centers for Disease Control and the state Department of Health to notify them.
Caregivers who had contact with the patient wore personal protective equipment until medical personnel determined he was not a high risk. They are asked to take their temperature twice per day as a precaution.
