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cord-001611-9xgmanai	Matlock, Ann Marie	Providing nursing care to Ebola patients on the national stage: The National Institutes of Health experience	2015-01-01		.txt	text/plain	2276	92	49	As a part of preparing for their role in studying highly infectious diseases, SCSU staff has been trained, drilled, and observed using personal protective equipment (PPE) and has regularly rehearsed patient scenarios requiring the most intensive isolation procedures known. Setting our level of isolation for patients with EVD in the SCSU was a major challenge because guidelines were still emerging based on the known mode of transmission, and there was limited experience in Western health care facilities with the potential for transmission during invasive procedures and close quarters contact. We have had extensive experience at the Clinical Center with complex or rare infections requiring special isolation procedures and with the significant effort required to contain a resistant or difficult-to-treat infectious agent within a health care setting. When it became known we were caring for a patient with EVD, our leadership team became the subject of numerous calls for information about how we were handling the various aspects of the admission, notably staffing and procedures for isolation and use for PPE.	./cache/cord-001611-9xgmanai.txt	./txt/cord-001611-9xgmanai.txt