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As Ebola fears spread, states take emergency response into their own hands "On Monday, a legislative-spending panel in Ohio approved $800,000 for the state’s health department to better equip area hospitals if an outbreak occurs. Of that amount, about $300,000 would go toward strengthening Ohio’s stockpile of protective equipment which includes purchasing full-body suits, face masks and shoe covers. The rest will be spent on hiring a Cincinnati company to clean up contaminated sites and dispose of linens should the virus surface there. The Ohio Department of Health’s current stockpile includes 102,122 face masks, 2,592 goggles, 1,600 shoe covers, 576 coveralls, 1,350 hoods, 105,300 gloves, 29,220 respirators, and 7,026 gowns. It’s enough to cover workers across the state through 16 “patient days” (which refers to the equipment needed to care for a patient over a 24-hour period), Lynne Bratka, interim chief of the Bureau of Health Preparedness at ODH, said." http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/10/22/as-ebola-fears-spread-states-take-emergency-response-into-their-own-hands/