Nurses at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento will be protected head-to-toe and are prepared to handle the Ebola virus if it shows up at their doors, they said at a media briefing Thursday. The most recent protocols for what is called the "donning and doffing" of protective equipment, released earlier this week, detail an intricate and painstaking 42-step process for putting on and taking off the gear. The protocols are intended to minimize transmission of the Ebola virus, which spreads through bodily fluids, but not air, and can be killed with basic sanitizing materials.
