WHO Updates Guidelines on Ebola Protective Gear

The World Health Organization is issuing updated guidelines on proper use of personal protective equipment, or PPE, used in the fight against Ebola in West Africa. WHO officials say the guidelines will help to protect health care workers from infection, but it notes the use of PPE is only one tool in the effort to prevent transmission of the deadly virus. Other vital tools, they say, include the administrative and organizational setup for health care facilities, ventilation within...

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