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Volume 23, Number 6—June 2017
Dispatch

Sustainability of High-Level Isolation Capabilities among US Ebola Treatment Centers

Jocelyn J. HersteinComments to Author , Paul D. Biddinger, Shawn G. Gibbs, Aurora B. Le, Katelyn C. Jelden, Angela L. Hewlett, and John J. Lowe
Author affiliations: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA (J.J. Herstein, K.C. Jelden, A.L. Hewlett, J.J. Lowe); Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (P.D. Biddinger); Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington, Indiana, USA (S.G. Gibbs, A.B. Le)

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Challenges to establishing an HLIU and to maintaining HID care reported by survey respondents, United States, 2016 (n = 32 HLIUs). Other challenges include external support, lack of dedicated unit space, competing priorities, staffing needs, and decreasing hospital capacities. HLIU, high-level isolation unit; HID, highly infectious disease.

Figure 2. Challenges to establishing an HLIU and to maintaining HID care reported by survey respondents, United States, 2016 (n = 32 HLIUs). Other challenges include external support, lack of dedicated unit space, competing priorities, staffing needs, and decreasing hospital capacities. HLIU, high-level isolation unit; HID, highly infectious disease.

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