ms. berger for representing the nurses. do we know how those nurses were infected or exposed?ow they caught ebola for sure? >> thanks to the whistleblowing efforts, we know the nurses did not hav optimal standards -- >> okay. so we know they weren't properly protected. >> ore trained. >> okay. dr. lori, you said we're putting additional protocols in place. guidance, right? when the most recent. >> the most recent has been in the last couple of days -- >> what about -- >> it was changed in response to the -- >> okay. you said airport screening, when were the new guidelines -- >> the funneling into live airports was last week. >> okay. i can tell you it's not working. all we have got to do is look at craig spencer. he was tested there. it's not working. he reported himself. and you see cases where -- again, we are not prepared still -- the whole -- part of this hearing is all about mr. roth's report. this is the inspector general's report, right? >> correct 1234689 >> didn't you just testify that in fact -- and it's in this, i think page 7 here, 200,000 respirators have gone bey

ms. berger what i'm hearing is you can't leave it to local officials to get this right. there has to be some standards that are going to be met and national protocol to deal with this ebola virus. am i hearing that correctly? >> you are absolutely hearing it correctly. what's happening now is our health care system is very fragmented. we have a privatized health care system. if we had a public health care system, which the cdc was referring to at the press conference, we would be in much better shape right now. but unfortunately, we have what is in place, which is aetna, kaiser, sutter and all these other health care providers deciding what they're going to implement and we think it should all be mandatory. and the other thing is this reliance on technology that they're using for standardized protocols. there's no standardized protocol in place currently for dealing with ebola. that's what we've been shouting about for the last several months. >> well, i want you to address this. 80% of the nurses in your organization say their hospital has not communicated any policy on