NIH Watch [to 27 September 2014]

NIH to admit patient exposed to Ebola virus for observation
September 27, 2014
NIH expects to admit a patient who has been exposed to the Ebola virus to its Clinical Center in the coming days. The patient is an American physician who was volunteering services in an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone.

The patient is being admitted to the NIH Clinical Center for observation and to enroll in a clinical study.

Out of an abundance of caution, the patient will be admitted to the NIH Clinical Center’s special clinical studies unit that is specifically designed to provide high-level isolation capabilities and is staffed by infectious diseases and critical care specialists. The unit staff is trained in strict infection control practices optimized to prevent spread of potentially transmissible agents such as Ebola…