Sierra leone's top ebola doctor died last week. how do u.s. doctors prevent getting grievously ill from highly contagious patients?

They don't!: The brave men and women who are willing to fight the Ebola virus are amazingly courageous in their work. They are equally susceptible to contract the disease, but work hard to keep the risk low by wearing mask, gloves and down. However they are still at a very high risk.

Protection: Medical personnel are trained to properly use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for communicable diseases such as gloves, gowns, eye protection (goggles) & procedure masks as well as surgical masks, filtering face pieces & respirators. There are different infection control practices for different diseases. Negative pressure ventilation may be used. There are higher levels of precaution for >