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Volume 23, Supplement—December 2017
SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
Global Health Security Supplement
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CDC Safety Training Course for Ebola Virus Disease Healthcare Workers

Rupa NarraComments to Author , Jeremy Sobel, Catherine Piper, Deborah Gould, Nahid Bhadelia, Mary Dott, Anthony Fiore, William A. Fischer, Mary Jo Frawley, Patricia M. Griffin, Douglas Hamilton, Barbara Mahon, Satish K. Pillai, Emily F. Veltus, Robert Tauxe, and Michael Jhung
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (R. Narra, J. Sobel, C. Piper, D. Gould, M. Dott, A. Fiore, P.M. Griffin, D. Hamilton, B. Mahon, S.K. Pillai, R. Tauxe, M. Jhung); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (N. Bhadelia); The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (W.A. Fischer II); Médecins Sans Frontières, New York, New York, USA (M.J. Frawley, E.F. Veltus)

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Figure 1

Layout of mock Ebola Treatment Unit used during the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ebola Safety Training Course, held at the US Federal Emergency Management Agency Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama, USA, 2014–2015. Green indicates low-risk zone, which included staff PPE donning area, the staff changing area (after PPE doffing), pharmacy, staff showers and toilets, and a staff debriefing area; red indicates high-risk zone, which included EVD patient triage area, wa

Figure 1. Layout of mock Ebola Treatment Unit used during the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ebola Safety Training Course, held at the US Federal Emergency Management Agency Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama, USA, 2014–2015. Green indicates low-risk zone, which included staff PPE donning area, the staff changing area (after PPE doffing), pharmacy, staff showers and toilets, and a staff debriefing area; red indicates high-risk zone, which included EVD patient triage area, wards for patients with suspected and confirmed EVD, patient showers and toilets, and the morgue. Arrows indicate staff unidirectional movement from lower to higher risk zones. EVD, Ebola virus disease; PPE, personal protective equipment.

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