Ebola: Local hospitals cannot be prepared

Recently at our community hospital, after we concluded a nearly two-hour standing room only Ebola preparedness meeting, I practiced donning and doffing the personal protective equipment (PPE) for Ebola cases.
PPE is the protective wardrobe health workers wear when examining a patient with a contagious infectious disease. Each disease has a different level of transmission and requires an appropriate level of protection. I wear gloves 25 times a day to examine each patient I see. (Not all doctors do this; in my specialty of infectious diseases, though, it is prudent.) I dress in a gown a dozen times when entering a room of a patient with antibiotic resistant bacteria like MRSA. I place on a mask a few times a day when I suspect that the patient has the flu or tuberculosis.
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 25, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Manoj Jain, MD, MPH Tags: Physician Hospital Infectious disease Source Type: blogs