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Please note the difference between this and CDC Ebola PPE reccomendations —

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/health-science-technology/ebola-outbreak/msf-on-ebola-this-is-the-biggest-outbreak-weve-ever-known/

“When we go into the [isolation] ward, we’re wearing full personal protective equipment, which means a Tyvek hazmat suit with a hood on top of it.

The suit has a hood that comes with it, but we use another hood that covers the full head, the face, and has a mask, but we wear a mask underneath that as well.

And then we have goggles on top of that, double or triple gloves, and boots, and an apron on top of that.”

IOW, multi-layer protection againt fomite migration or penetration to mucus/eye/mouth/fingernail beds/ear membranes.

They don’t even want fomite contamination on top of their N-100 particle masks!

The CDC recommendations for prevention of transmission in hospitals are detailed here: http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/infection-prevention-and-control-recommendations.html

Please note that these are recommendations for general hospital behavior where Ebola patients are on site in the hospital (not necessarily in situ), not for isolation wards themselves. I understand that the protocols, being medical protocols in general and not specific to any one organization, are roundly followed by all groups: ECDC, WHO, CDC, MSF, MHW (the Chinese counterpart to the CDC).

Everyone will (with exceptions for the foolish, or perhaps early in the crisis) be in bunny suits in actual Ebola patient wards. There are not different protocols followed by different groups. These are all professionals.