Biocontainment Unit

This past month the BCU continued our engagement with the National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) by sending two of our providers to a… Read More »We’ll Miss You, Mallory!

On June 27-28, over a dozen members of the BCU team traveled to Emory University to participate in the second annual National Ebola Training and Education… Read More »NETEC Summit

Several members of the BCU leadership team received invitations to be a part of the National Ebola Training and Education Center’s (NETEC) site visits this… Read More »NETEC Site Visits

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