Conventional medical centers not good enough to put a stop to Ebola

A group of infectious disease experts have suggested that the conventional U.S. medical centers may not be able to put a stop to spread of Ebola and a national network of specialized containment and treatment facilities may be needed to reduce the virus' spread.

Since very few high-level bio-containment patient facilities existed in the U.S. today, the authors have expressed their doubt if conventional settings could adequately prepare and train staff to meet the challenge of a virus that required significant attention to every detail of care, from the safe donning and doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE) to waste disposal.

The level of readiness required may be more than traditional medical centers were equipped to handle and as a suggestion, the researchers added that the U.S. medical centers should meticulously plan and train to care for Ebola patients.

The article was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.