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ArticleJournal of bioethical inquiry2026

Ethical Preparedness for U.S. Biocontainment Units.

Abigail E Lowe, Jocelyn J Herstein, Angel N Desai, Nahid Bhadelia, Christina F Yen, Preeti Mehrotra, Lauren M Sauer

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Abigail E LoweDepartment of Health Promotion, College of Public Health, Global Center for Health Security, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 40th and, Dewey Ave, 984388 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-6161, USA. Abigail.lowe@unmc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8791-1349
Jocelyn J HersteinCollege of Public Health, Global Center for Health Security, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 40th and, Dewey Ave, 984388 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-4388, USA.
Angel N DesaiDivision of Infectious Disease, Affiliated Faculty, Global Migration Center, University of California Davis, 4860 Y St. Suite 0101, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
Nahid BhadeliaCenter on Emerging Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, 111 Cummington Mall, Suite 140, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Christina F YenDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall Street, Portland, ME, 04102, USA.
Preeti MehrotraDivision of Infection Control/Hospital Epidemiology, Silverman Institute for Health Care Quality and Safety, and Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Mailstop SL-435, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Lauren M SauerCollege of Public Health, Global Center for Health Security, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 40th and, Dewey Ave, 984388 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-4388, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biocontainment units (BCU) are purpose-built to provide medical care for patients with high consequence infectious diseases (e.g., viral haemorrhagic fevers, Middle East respiratory syndrome) and to contain the risk of disease spread. In the United States, high consequence infectious diseases (HCID) are often quarantinable diseases designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local health departments, and BCU play a prominent role when public health faces an HCID threat. Patients admitted to a BCU have access to a high resource healthcare setting, but admission to the unit comes with restrictions to the rights and liberties of patients. This article begins with an introduction to BCUs and the preparedness activities that ensure the units are ready to respond. Next, it explores the significance of public health ethics for two public health interventions-quarantine and isolation care and diagnostic testing-that may place burdens on patients in a BCU. Finally, we make recommendations for integrating ethical considerations into preparedness activities to develop, formulate, and justify plans and protocols before the need to implement them in a BCU arises.

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BiocontainmentInfection prevention and controlInfectious diseasesPrecautionary principlePublic health

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PMID41979807

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