The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing applied scientific research to enable improvement of patient care. The organization is a designated Evidence-Based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and listed as a federal Patient Safety Organization by HHS.
The Institute offers an Ebola Resource section on their website, offering guidance on Ebola-related worker and environmental safety issues, an Ebola PPE Price Index and an FAQ. You can watch their short video to learn more about the resources on the site.
The institute has also released a survey to gauge the preparedness level of hospitals in fighting and managing Ebola. The survey results will be presented at an ECRI web conference on December 3 at 2:30 ET. Identities of survey respondents will be kept confidential. Take their short survey. The survey closes on Friday, November 21.