Southwestern Connecticut infectious disease experts say they won't let a potential Ebola patient slip through the cracks. They are confident they will contain and isolate the disease if a patient develops it there, according to an article on the News Times website.

Hospitals throughout the region say they are prepared with quarantine rooms and the latest protocols reviewed with staff members.

"We have well-trained staff, as well as the facilities and equipment to isolate and manage potentially infectious patients," said Matthew Miller, chief medical officer of the Western Connecticut Health Network, which includes Danbury Hospital.

Dr. Michael Parry, director of infectious disease and microbiology at Stamford Hospital, said preparations for handling an Ebola case have been scaled up since the outbreak was reported several weeks ago in Africa.

Visitors to the hospital might notice an immediate change — a sign in the emergency room decorated with a giraffe, a nod to West Africa, asking patients if they have traveled outside the U.S.

The hospital has an isolation ward, specialty gear and a protocol to deal with highly infectious diseases.

It's not just hospitals that have to be concerned about the disease. There's a good chance a case could come in through the door of one of the many shopping mall emergency care operations that have sprung up in the last decade, the article said

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