Laundry Handling in Ebola Cases

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) emphasize that in the case of patients with known or suspected Ebola virus disease, diligent environmental cleaning and disinfection and safe handling of potentially contaminated materials is of paramount importance, as blood, sweat, vomit, feces, urine and other body secretions represent potentially infectious materials should be done following hospital protocols.

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