Use of Remote Video Auditing to Validate Ebola Level II Personal Protective Equipment Competency

Faced with an Ebola-related mandate to regularly train front-line hospital staff with the donning and doffing of personal protective equipment, a community hospital’s emergency department implemented remote video auditing (RVA) to assist in the training and remediation of its nursing staff. RVA was found to be useful in assessing performance and facilitating remediation.