Laboratory test support for Ebola patients within a high-containment facility

Lab Med. 2014 Summer;45(3):e109-11. doi: 10.1309/LMTMW3VVN20HIFS.

Authors

Charles E Hill¹, Eileen M Burd¹, Colleen S Kraft¹, Emily L Ryan¹, Alexander Duncan¹, Anne M Winkler¹, John C Cardella², James C Ritchie¹, Tristram G Parslow³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory Medical Laboratories, Atlanta, GA.
³ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA tparslo@emory.edu.

PMID: 25184220
DOI: 10.1309/LMTMW3VVN20HIFS

No abstract available

Keywords: Ebola Virus; high-containment unit; infection prevention; personal protective equipment; point-of-care laboratory testing.

MeSH terms

Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / blood
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / prevention & control
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / therapy*
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / transmission
Humans
Laboratories*
Monitoring, Physiologic / methods*
Occupational Health
Transportation of Patients
United States