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Semi-structured interviews were conducted with health care workers (HCWs) involved in FHF outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa, and with HCWs experienced in documenting and transferring data from high-risk areas (isolation wards or biosafety level 4 laboratories). Methods for data documentation and transfer were identified, described in detail and categorised by requirement for electricity and ranked by interviewee preference. Some methods involve removing paperwork and other objects from the filovirus disease ward without disinfection. We believe that if done properly, these methods are reasonably safe for certain settings. However, alternative methods avoiding the removal of objects, or involving the removal of paperwork or objects after non-damaging disinfection, are available. These methods are not only safer, they are also perceived as safer and likely more acceptable to health workers and members of the community. The use of standardised clinical forms is overdue. Experiments with by sunlight disinfection should continue, and non-damaging disinfection of impregnated paper, suitable tablet computers and underwater cameras should be evaluated under field conditions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/v6020927","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,2,19]],"date-time":"2014-02-19T11:10:21Z","timestamp":1392808221000},"page":"927-937","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Clinical Documentation and Data Transfer from Ebola and Marburg Virus Disease Wards in Outbreak Settings: Health Care Workers\u2019 Experiences and Preferences"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Silja","family":"B\u00fchler","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK"},{"name":"Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Zurich, Hirschengraben 84,  Zurich 8001, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paul","family":"Roddy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res \u2013 Spain, Nou de la Rambla, 26, Barcelona 08001, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ellen","family":"Nolte","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK"},{"name":"RAND Europe, Westbrook Centre, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 1YG, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthias","family":"Borchert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK"},{"name":"Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charit\u00e9 \u2013 Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin, Spandauer Damm 130, Berlin D-14050, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,2,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Heymann, D.L. 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