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Health care worker at Dallas hospital tests positive for Ebola
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:15 am
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A health care worker at a Dallas hospital tested positive for Ebola in a preliminary test, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement early Sunday.
The health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, who was not identified in the statement, provided care for Thomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient in the United States, who died last week.
If the preliminary diagnosis is confirmed, it would be the first known case of the disease being contracted or transmitted in the U.S.
Obola staaaaacked
Texas Fuuuuuucked
A health care worker at a Dallas hospital tested positive for Ebola in a preliminary test, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement early Sunday.
The health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, who was not identified in the statement, provided care for Thomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient in the United States, who died last week.
If the preliminary diagnosis is confirmed, it would be the first known case of the disease being contracted or transmitted in the U.S.
Obola staaaaacked
Texas Fuuuuuucked
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Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:24 am to BillyBobPorkin
Zombie apocalypse starting at a Texas hospital? It's more likely than you think.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 9:05 am to BillyBobPorkin
I'm in healthcare and I'm well versed in CDC Bloodborne Pathogen protocols and OSHA procedures.
I already have masks, tyvek gowns, face shields, and utility & treatment gloves at my house. I've used them for other random tasks but I will probably be beefing up my stocks.
I am more than a little concerned.
Anyone have a date of when patient zero(U.S.) first went to the hospital?
Posted on 10/12/14 at 9:20 am to Jobu93
Duncan initial visit: sept 25. He is turned away. I think he went back two days later so that's Sept 27.
The timelines don't match with a 21 day incubation now that a worker in PPE ( personal protective equipment) has tested positive as of last night October 11. That is a window of only 14 days. The virus has shortened its incubation by 1/3 yet the govt is still putting out a 21 day incubation.
The timelines don't match with a 21 day incubation now that a worker in PPE ( personal protective equipment) has tested positive as of last night October 11. That is a window of only 14 days. The virus has shortened its incubation by 1/3 yet the govt is still putting out a 21 day incubation.
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Posted on 10/12/14 at 9:24 am to Jobu93
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yet the govt is still putting out a 21 day incubation
From what I recall, they have always said that it can be "up to 21 days".
Posted on 10/12/14 at 9:27 am to BillyBobPorkin
Okay I've missed that nuance.
I can say with 100% certainty that although there are good and proper guidelines in place they may not be being followed to the letter. The human factor fricks everything up.
I can say with 100% certainty that although there are good and proper guidelines in place they may not be being followed to the letter. The human factor fricks everything up.
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Posted on 10/12/14 at 10:01 am to Jobu93
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I can say with 100% certainty that although there are good and proper guidelines in place they may not be being followed to the letter. The human factor fricks everything up.
I posted a week ago or so a quote from a international worker who said that he was concerned because people were contracting the disease even while they were wearing protective gear. It was dismissed. Let's revisit. The Spanish nurse who contracted ebola wore protective gear. This healthcare worker in Dallas is reported to have worn protective gear and still contracted Ebola.
We are missing something as to how this disease is transmitted.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 10:05 am to the808bass
Agree. Something is being missed.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 10:28 am to the808bass
The Spanish worker touched her exposed face with a gloved hand while she was taking her suit off.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 10:55 am to TheCheshireHog
probably the same case in Dallas. However Ebola should have never made it here if we had a competent leader in place that put in proper measures like cutting off air travel to africa and then putting people in 21 day quarantine if they absolutely have to travel back here from Africa.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 10:57 am to BillyBobPorkin
My sister works for a hospital here in Houston and she called me last night to tell me she feels led to go to ground zero in Africa and help with ebola treatment. She has family so I was pretty stunned. I guess some hero's have to go to fix this pandemic but it was tough initially to give her support on this decision.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 11:02 am to Jobu93
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Agree. Something is being missed.
The missing something is carelessness. As TheCheshireHog said, the Spanish nurse was careless when taking off her protective suit. It may cost her life. It has already cost her 12-year-old dog's life.
This can't be repeated enough: Ebola is not an airborne virus, at least in the technical sense. While it certainly is present in saliva and sputum from the lungs, it does not spread in aerosoized spray similar to flu or cold viruses.
Large droplets can be coughed or spit from one person to another, but that would count as bodily fluids. Also, when the droplets come to rest on surfaces they can be picked up by others when touched.
While Ebola is highly infectious, it is not classified as an airborne disease.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 11:08 am to BillyBobPorkin
Posted on 10/12/14 at 12:47 pm to BillyBobPorkin
Not a surprise at all. Who still thinks this is not an airborne disease.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 1:05 pm to the808bass
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We are missing something as to how this disease is transmitted.
Given that the precautions used are intended to protect from all possible transmission routes, the safe assumption is that everyone who has caught it broke protocol in some form or fashion. Proper protocol should prevent transmission of airborne viruses just as well.
We arent missing anything, a lot of nurses just arent very good at their jobs. In the med center in Houston, hundreds are written up or fired every month for breaking precautionary measures. They have programmed routines and when that is disrupted they make mistakes.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 1:06 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Not a surprise at all. Who still thinks this is not an airborne disease.
Everyone who has any understanding of the virus at all.
And being airborne wouldnt help if proper precautions were taken.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 1:06 pm to Roger Klarvin
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Given that the precautions used are intended to protect from all possible transmission routes, the safe assumption is that everyone who has caught it broke protocol in some form or fashion. Proper protocol should prevent transmission of airborne viruses just as well.
We arent missing anything, a lot of nurses just arent very good at their jobs. In the med center in Houston, hundreds are written up or fired every month for breaking precautionary measures. They have programmed routines and when that is disrupted they make mistakes.
You can't possibly be serious. I'm pretty sure medical personnel dealing with a known ebola patient will take every precaution possible. Don't go full retard.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 1:31 pm to kywildcatfanone
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I'm pretty sure medical personnel dealing with a known ebola patient will take every precaution possible.
They don't, I see it every day. TB is more more contagious than ebola and nurses break protocol literally daily with Houston TB patients.
The fact that it is an unfamiliar set of protocols for them make it even more likely they screw up.
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Don't go full retard.
Again, I interact with this element of society every single day. It's surprising when a patient with precautions DOESNT have those precautions broken at least once.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 1:41 pm to Roger Klarvin
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Roger Klarvin
Fair enough, it sounds like you are more knowledgeable on the subject than me. For any health care worker not to be ultra precautious in those environments boggles my mind.
However, I did see the staff smoking area in front of UK today when we were driving by. Doctors and nurses smoking up a storm and throwing their butts on the sidewalk, when there was a place for them to be properly disposed of 5 feet away.
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