Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children’s Hospital in Spokane, Washington was designated by the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) in 2015 as one of 10 regional special pathogen treatment centers in the country, serving District X (Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Alaska).
The unit is staffed, equipped and has the advanced capabilities, trained health care providers and resources to provide the most complex treatment necessary to care for patients with special pathogens while at the same time providing the necessary protection to health care workers, other patients and visitors to the hospitals.
Designation by HHS as a treatment center requires continuous readiness and is an example of the existing expertise and dedication of Sacred Heart’s health care providers. It is also an example of well-established collaboration with local, regional, state and national partners who routinely work together to manage infectious diseases in the community.
