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Caring for patients with Ebola comes with very strict guidelines for hospital workers. TODAY鈥檚 Matt Lauer observed the procedures firsthand during , where health care officials successfully treated Ebola patients Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol. With questions now being raised about a possible protocol breach that led to , the Liberian victim who carried the disease to Texas, here's a look at the meticulous precautions in place at Emory to treat someone infected with Ebola, or any other highly infectious disease. Putting on the protective gear is聽always done聽in pairs.
TODAYSuiting up can take up to 20 minutes, and partners observe each other's every move: 鈥淲e're watching each other for safety,鈥?says Emory nurse Jill Morgan.
Two sets of gloves and boots.
TODAY"We tape our first set of gloves on," Morgan says.
The suit also includes a helmet with a built-in fan.
TODAYThe fan pulls outside air through a filter 鈥渟o he鈥檚 never breathing any air from the outside room,鈥?Morgan says.
TODAY"We're trying to make sure we don't carry any of that contamination out of that room."
聽Workers may stay inside the isolation room for up to four hours at a time.
TODAY鈥淲hen we are in that room, you are all in. Eating, drinking, taking a bathroom break all wait until you can come out of that suit,鈥?Morgan says.
A second suited-up person always observes from outside, both as a backup and to watch for any mistakes or signs of contamination.
TODAY鈥淚f I see anything that might be dangerous for them then we're going to interrupt that behavior right away,鈥?Morgan says.
Leaving the isolation unit
TODAYThe risk for self-contamination is highest when health care workers leave the isolation room and take off their suit, Morgan said. A three- to five-minute shower body scrub always follows.聽鈥淚t鈥檚 important to keep whatever's in this room, in this room, and keep it from getting out into any part of the environment," Morgan says.
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