After Ebola patient cured, NE hospital takes cautions anew

Inside the seventh-floor biocontainment unit at Nebraska Medical Center where Ashoka Mukpo's life was saved, medical crews worked, gingerly, to remove any lingering trace of the lethal virus. They incinerated pounds of infectious waste. Their gowns and head coverings, and loose papers and personal belongings left over from their patient, were being decontaminated with blasts of high-pressure steam. For 48 hours, the 10-bed unit — the largest of its kind in the United States — will sit dormant as doctors hope for any remnants of the Ebola virus to dissipate on their own. Then, another round of cleaning begins — this time, using ultraviolet rays to zap anything that remains of the virus. The biocontainment staff of about 60 takes protective measures beyond those recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.