Here are eight other statistics on how healthcare professionals perceive the Ebola readiness.
- Sixty-three percent of clinicians said they were either very well or somewhat prepared to receive a patient with a travel history and symptoms suggesting Ebola.
- While more than half of clinicians reported being prepared, 35 percent indicated their workplaces were not very or not at all prepared.
- The majority of clinicians, 88 percent, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was one of their primary sources of information regarding Ebola.
- Eighty-two percent of clinicians said they reviewed the CDC’s guidelines for evaluating patients who may have Ebola.
- Just under half of respondents, 49 percent, said they or their employer initiated Ebola practice drills, and 36 percent said they participated in such drills.
- Registered nurses were more likely to participate in Ebola preparation training than physicians, at 50 percent and 30 percent, respectively.
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