BCU Update

The BCU team hosted the National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) for their second annual Hopkins site visit on May 17-18. NETEC faculty were… Read More »Second Annual NETEC Site Visit

The BCU participated in an international preparedness drill organized by the State Department and the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) in early April.… Read More »The BCU’s Biggest Drill Yet

Spring is finally here and the BCU has been in full swing gearing up for a season of preparedness activities. In addition to our regularly… Read More »The BCU Visits the Original Biocontainment Unit

On February 9, the BCU team co-hosted a symposium on transportation for patients with highly infectious diseases at the American Society of Microbiology Biothreats Conference… Read More »Gearing Up for Spring

The new year is off to a good start for the Biocontainment Unit. The nurses participated in their quarterly training session this month. Using a mannequin and… Read More »Starting the New Year Off Right

In keeping with our educational mission, the BCU recently hosted the CDC to film a set of infection prevention training videos in conjunction with HEIC.… Read More »November Updates from the BCU

The BCU has been busy training staff onsite, but also learning and training with other infectious disease experts from across the country. The BCU staff… Read More »Join Us at the BCU Quarterly Staff Meeting

September has been team building month on the BCU. On Friday, September 16, the Department of Nursing treated the BCU team to a night out… Read More »Team Building Month

This past month has been a busy and exciting one for the Biocontainment Unit! On Tuesday, August 16, our colleagues at Lifeline, with the support… Read More »Drill Successes