The picture shows someone in the most primitive surgical gown, covered in blood, with exposed skin.
Is that just a stock photo ? It seems awfully cavalier...
> Health workers take blood samples for Ebola virus testing at a screening tent in the local government hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone, June 30, 2014.
Ebola is generally transferred through bodily fluids so being careful and covering skin is good enough most of the time. Keep in mind that a lot of these outbreaks happen in poor rural Africa. Some of the earlier outbreaks were made worse by the clinics being so low budget and reusing needles.
I don't know if that would pass JCAHO muster, much less protect one from Ebola. Cavalier is one way to put it, but I think the biggest issue is resource constraint.
Doctors working on the front lines of an outbreak in rural Africa don't necessarily have that option.
I cleaned out a hayloft of our barn recently with far more protection (hanta virus) than what is being described here.
Who can I mail some 10-packs of 3M protective gear to ?
Don't make assumptions on what would help most from what you have seen in a press photo.
They may well have dressed down for the photo to encourage people to go along to the screening.