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by DasIch 4277 days ago
It may not be airborne but it's still highly infectious and you need proper facilities for that, a private room alone is not enough for that. A lot of hospitals, at least smaller ones, are unable to handle such diseases.

In any case containing a patient you know has ebola, is the least of the problems. Ebola symptoms are not exactly distinctive and if you don't have reason to suspect ebola, it may very well be able to spread before it can be contained.
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giarc 4277 days ago
A private room is indeed able to prevent the spread of Ebola.

From the CDC website.

Yes – any U.S. hospital that is following CDC's infection control recommendations and can isolate a patient in a private room‎ is capable of safely managing a patient with EVD. CDC recommends that U.S. hospitals isolate the patient in a private room and implement standard, contact, and droplet precautions.

Source: http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/patient-management-us-hospi...

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