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The majority of hospitals are training their staff to care for Ebola patients, a survey finds. But infection control specialists say that can mean losing the capacity to handle more common infections.
U.S. hospitals and health care workers receive emergency response training for a variety of scenarios -- from natural disasters to terrorism to handing an influx of patients with infectious ...
Since Ebola first reached US shores this summer, hospitals nationwide have attempted to prepare. National guidance has been helpful, but no such guidance can deal with the fastidious attention to ...
The U.S. could best treat Ebola by setting up specialized regional hospitals, experts say.
Hospitals have been on the lookout for the Ebola virus in the United States, and Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas was no exception. A nurse there did ask about the travel history of the patient ...
There are four hospitals with biocontainment facilities in the United States, and they have 11 beds that can be used at any one time for Ebola patients, officials told ABC News.
Hospitals are doing Ebola drills, but procedures can be tricky, experts say. — -- As Ebola scares crop up around the country, hospitals nationwide are preparing for what to do if they find ...
Federal health officials on Monday urged the nation's hospitals to "think Ebola" and launched a review of procedures for treating infected patients, while the World Health Organization called the ...
Ebola survivor Dr. Kent Brantly, center, was treated at one of four U.S. facilities able to handle such patients. Now 35 hospitals are equipped to take care of Ebola patients.
Four Minnesota hospitals have been chosen as destination treatment centers for Ebola cases that emerge in the state as part of a new strategy to maximize the recovery odds for patients and ...