Personal protective equipment processes and rationale for the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit during the 2014 activations for Ebola virus disease

Elizabeth L. Beam; Shelly Schwedhelm; Kathleen Boulter; Christopher Kratochvil; John Lowe; Angela Hewlett; Shawn G. Gibbs; Philip W. Smith

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.09.031

Personal protective equipment processes and rationale for the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit during the 2014 activations for Ebola virus disease

Elizabeth L. Beam, Shelly Schwedhelm, Kathleen Boulter, Christopher Kratochvil, John Lowe, Angela Hewlett, Shawn G. Gibbs, Philip W. Smith

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Abstract

In response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak of 2014, specific procedures for personal protective equipment use were developed in the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit for the isolation care of patients with the illness. This brief report describes the 2 different levels used for patient care and presents the rationales for the specialized processes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	340-342
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	44
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.09.031
State	Published - Mar 1 2016

Keywords

Ebola
Infectious disease
Isolation
Patient care
Personal protective equipment
Safety

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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