Did you visit the website? They have detailed instructions on such things there. There are dozens of links to such "hints" there. Local healthcare providers have 24/7 access to that information, as do you.
That's the CDC's job: information.
As epidemiologists, they are highly skilled in running down contacts and evaluating them. So, yes, they lend that expertise to the local jurisdiction, as needed. But information is their main product, and you can find it and read it, if you bother to. I assure you that the local hospitals have already done so. Whether or not they have followed those directions is another matter.
Decontamination instructions are part of the information you'll find at the link I provided. Following the correct procedures is the responsibility of the local jurisdiction, though.
A lot of people have mentioned the guy with the pressure washer outside, washing the sidewalk down. However, nobody has asked whether what was being sprayed was a disinfectant that is recommended for that job. The Ebola virus does not remain infectious for long on surfaces like sidewalks. I'm betting that some disinfectant was being used, so that treatment was probably sufficient, as long as one of the suitable disinfectants was used. As for the people exposed in that apartment, they were exposed before the man was hospitalized. I agree that the locals fumbled with proper handling of those people and that apartment. Again, though, that's not the CDC's responsibility.
Frankly, I expect that at least one of the people who were with him in that apartment will become a victim of Ebola. Once he began showing symptoms, he became contagious. If any of those contacts gets sick, they'll be treated early and will have a fair chance of survival. The original patient began receiving treatment rather late, so there's a fair chance that he will not survive, I think. Everyone exposed now knows what symptoms to watch for, and will probably seek treatment quickly if they develop those symptoms. Most of the contacts will not contract the disease, though. And since only symptomatic patients are contagious, only basic quarantine procedures are needed, and not even those for lower-risk people. The odds are very high that this outbreak will be confined to a very few patients and then it will be over.
I'm discussing the CDC only, since that's the subject of the linked article posted in the opening thread. The overall handling of this incident is not solely the CDC's responsibility. In fact, very little of it is. The CDC's role is an educational, research, and advisory one.
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