Outbreaks of infectious disease pose unique challenges for hospitals and intensive care
units (ICUs). In the twentieth century, the polio pandemic led to the development of …

Patient care and public health require timely, reliable laboratory testing. However, clinical
laboratory professionals rarely know whether patient specimens contain infectious agents …

High-level isolation units (HLIUs) are specially designed facilities for care and management
of patients with suspected or confirmed high-consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs) …

The COVID‐19 pandemic has highlighted that health security systems must be redesigned,
in a way that they are better prepared and ready to cope with multiple and diverse health …

Abstract In the United States of America, Medical Examiners and Coroners (ME/Cs)
investigate approximately 20% of all deaths. Unexpected deaths, such as those occurring …

To identify barriers to maintaining and applying capabilities of US high-level isolation units
(HLIUs) used during the Ebola virus disease outbreak, during 2016 we surveyed HLIUs …

The concept of containment care for patients with highly hazardous infectious diseases
originated in conjunction with the development of sophisticated biosafety level 4 laboratories …

Shawn G. Gibbs PhD, MBA, CIH a,⁎, Michelle M. Schwedhelm MSN, RN b, c, d, John J.
Lowe PhD d, e, Patricia Tennill f, Caroline C. Persson g, Sharon V. Carrasco h, i, Paul D …

Biocontainment units (BCU s) are facilities used to care for patients with highly infectious
diseases. However, there is limited guidance on BCU protocols and design. This study …

The recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa in 2014 to 2016 highlighted
the capabilities of dedicated biocontainment units (BCUs) at the National Institutes of Health …