Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
On May 15-16, 2019, the Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit–in collaboration with the National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC)–hosted a comprehensive workshop on high consequence… Read More »High Consequence Pathogen Preparedness Workshop
Over the past few years, the BCU team has learned the importance of taking a good travel and social history. The current measles outbreak is… Read More »Help Minimize the Measles Outbreak
March continues to be busy for the BCU team. The recent Hopkins On Alert quarterly newsletter, through the Johns Hopkins Critical Event Preparedness and Response… Read More »March Updates
The month of February saw many exciting accomplishments and opportunities for the BCU team. On February 4, The Hill published an op’ed written by BCU Medical… Read More »The BCU on Capitol Hill
On January 28-31, Chris Sulmonte, project administrator the Biocontainment Unit, will be attending the American Society of Microbiology Biothreats Conference in Arlington, VA. His abstract… Read More »BCU Research Update
To celebrate the holidays, the BCU team threw a party at Urban Axes Baltimore on Saturday, December 15. With 33 attendees, this team building exercise… Read More »Celebrating the Holidays
On October 23, the BCU team hosted a tabletop exercise to discuss the logistics behind transporting and caring for pediatric patients with suspected Lassa fever.… Read More »Tabletop Exercises
Over the summer, the BCU team and the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) developed a statewide training and education program aimed at supporting and providing resources… Read More »Maryland Department of Health Readiness Program
On Wednesday, August 29, the BCU team held a short exercise called Operation Limelight for congressional staffers and media outlets. Operation Limelight was a demonstration… Read More »Operation Limelight
The BCU is rounding out its quarterly validations for the month of August. Twenty-six nurses, eight laboratory technicians, six respiratory therapists, three radiology technicians, 17… Read More »Rounding Out the Summer