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Patient-zero drill put health facilities to the test—40% of them failed

Ars Technica ↗ · 2026-10-02 Cached

Unannounced 'patient-zero' drills across 73 New York-area healthcare facilities found that 40% failed to properly mask and isolate a symptomatic actor, with only 25% of clinicians wearing all recommended PPE, raising concerns about hospital readiness for a bird flu or respiratory virus outbreak.

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