In recent weeks there has been a lot of concern about Ebola viral disease and how to prevent the disease from spreading from one person to another. This has been especially focused on how do health care workers protect themselves and thus protect the public from becoming contaminated with the Ebola virus. Recent cases of Ebola in the USA have pointed up some issues with following the protocols for preventing the spread of infectious microorganisms. Because of issues with the virulence of this disease questions have also arisen on what precautions need to be taken when contacting a patient who has Ebola. Also, are there any special precautions that need to be taken by the surgical team when a patient with Ebola has surgery or by sterile processing technicians when instruments from an Ebola patient are cleaned? To answer the question about precautions that sterile processing personnel...