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NY health system opts for WHO Ebola protocol

By The Wall Street Journal  
   October 13, 2014

Mount Sinai Health System in New York, which had two more suspected Ebola cases last week, has been going beyond the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendations for taking off protective gear and using the World Health Organization protocol, which involves hand washing at more stages. "I don't think [the CDC's version] is inadequate. We still need to know what happened with the nurse in Texas. Based on our experience, we've decided to use the WHO version," said Brian Koll, executive director of infection prevention for the Mount Sinai health system.

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