dr. lurie may want to continue. our approach is to strengthen the statewide systems. it would be the states responsible for, in collaboration with states and hospitals, in determining which hospitals would be used. what we have asked each state to do is four things related to the active monitoring program. first, establish the program including information flow from the state health department to local health departments. second, establish a 24/7 hotline for any traveler who thinks they have ebola to call so they can be safely managed. third, establish safe transport between wherever the person calls from and the facility that the state decided would be the facility to assess or treat them for ebola. the fourth is to work with their hospitals to identify facilities that are able to do that assessment and treatment. >> let me add it would be great if you had a 24/7 hotline for hospitals when they find that that suspected patient is on their doorstep at 3:00 in the morning. dr. lurie, let me ask

dr. lurie, you are recognized for five minutes. >> good afternoon, chairman murphy, member caster and other members of the committee. i'm the assistant secretary for preparedness response at hhs is. i appreciate the opportunity to talk today about actions that asper has taken to enhance national preparedness and strengthen our resilience to public health threats. while it is essential we continue to focus on controlling the ebola outbreak in west africa, we also have a critical responsibility to protect our country from this disease. today i will highlight three areas this which as per's work is critical to the domestic response. first the biomedical advanced e reor barta building on counter measure development is speeding the development, testing and manufacture of oh ebola vaccine and treatments. second, the hospital preparedness program has since the beginning of this outbreak been preparing hospitals and first responders to recognize and treat patientses with suspected ebola. third, our fed

dr. lurie, you are recognized for five minutes. >> good afternoon, chairman murphy, member caster and other members of the committee. i'm the assistant secretary for preparedness response at hhs is. i appreciate the opportunity to talk today about actions that asper has taken to enhance national preparedness and strengthen our resilience to public health threats. while it is essential we continue to focus on controlling the ebola outbreak in west africa, we also have a critical responsibility to protect our country from this disease. today i will highlight three areas this which as per's work is critical to the domestic response. first the biomedical advanced e reor barta building on counter measure development is speeding the development, testing and manufacture of oh ebola vaccine and treatments. second, the hospital preparedness program has since the beginning of this outbreak been preparing hospitals and first responders to recognize and treat patientses with suspected ebola. third, our fed

goldman, and dr. luri for the invitation to present some views here that come out of the occupational safety and health administration. the meeting comes obviously at a very timely, opportune time but much to our surprise, a failure of planning on the comprehensive emergency management of emergency preparedness and response recovery implies in the middle of response we've done adequate preparedness and mitigation and that doesn't appear to be the case. so we wonder whether there is some lesson on thinking through how we approach this given the lessons from the august '99 meeting on biological agents with henderson and dr. sladerberg. sars and h1n1 pandemic. there may be lessons about thinking about the overlap of occupational health and infectious disease and failing to think through the reality of work in the real world. in that context it's worth remembering the lessons from sharpes injury prevention, involving health care workers early on in the reality testing of intervention strategies has proven impo

>> we're working specifically with dr. lurie, who was your guest here a little bit earlier. we speak probably daily on the development of these protocols. there's a conference call scheduled for friday. >> you feel they are accepting your recommendations? >> thus for a, yes. >> good. >> thus far, yes. >> and dr. isaac, in your testimony, you talked about people in planes being checked temperature-wise every so often. what did you say? >> our staff are under protocol to take their temperature four times a day? >> their own personal temperature? >> no j. we have staff on our staff force that call them every day and we keep a log-on it. >> i can tell you where every one of your people are. >> you're talking about your staff, not your patients? >> our staff, we're just monitoring their health. >> i misunderstood earlier, and you hear reports we'll check their temperature when they get off the plane. i think we need a travel ban and if they say they take their temperature and be not symptomatic my temperature is probably invalid since you're talking about your staff. thank you fo

dr. thomas frieden from the cdc, nicole lurie from preparedness and response at the department of health and human services. rear admiral boris lushniak who oversees operations of the united states public health commission corps comprised of 600 uniformeded health officers. i will swear in the witnesses. you are aware the committee is holding a hearing and when doing so had the practice of taking testimony under oath. do you have objections to testifying under oath? all the witnesses say they do not. the chair would advise you under the rules of the house and committee you are entitleded to be advised by counsel. do you desire to be advised by counsel today? the panel waives that. would you all please rise and raise you're right hand? i will swear you in. do you swear the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you. the panelists have answered in in the affirmative. you are now under oath. you may now each give a five-minute summary. we'll start with with you. >> thank you very much. we appreciate the opportunity to come before you