Here's how to remove Ebola waste from a hospital

When treating Ebola patients, hospitals have more than their patients and workers to protect. It's their responsibility to properly dispose of anything involved in caring for the patients that might be contaminated?and that includes liquid waste, protective equipment, anything used in the lab, linens, towels, pillows, mattresses and even the curtains used in the patient's room. In the latest issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, John Lowe, associate director of research from the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit at the Nebraska Medical Center, describes how the team there disposed of waste generated while two patients recovered from their infections there.