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Female Nurse Tests Positive for Ebola- 1st Ebola transmission in US


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(CNN) -- [breaking news update, posted at 11:32 a.m. ET]

"The (Ebola treatment) protocols work. ... But we know that even a single lapse or breach can result in infection," Dr. Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, said Sunday.

[Previous story, posted at 11:19 a.m. ET]

A female nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas has tested positive for Ebola after a preliminary test, officials said.

Confirmatory testing will be conducted Sunday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Test results are expected to be announced later in the day.

The patient is a female nurse, an official who is familiar with this case told CNN.

She helped care for Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person ever diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, Texas Health Resources chief clinical officer Dan Varga said. Duncan died Wednesday.

The nurse is in stable condition, Varga said.

 

 

Rest of article: http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/12/health/ebola/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

 

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This is why they shouldn't send those stupid liberal tard tards back to the US after they're stupid enough to go to those Ebola-filled places. And of course, Obummer ain't doing anything about it.

 

What would you like him to do?

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This is why they shouldn't send those stupid liberal tard tards back to the US after they're stupid enough to go to those Ebola-filled places. And of course, Obummer ain't doing anything about it.

 

Go back to GLP.

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This doesn't surprise. As a nursing student, I saw firsthand how easy it is for people to bypass proper PPE. I can only hope this causes a widespread change to protect nurses and CNAs that are caring for patients.

 

You and me both. Just had an hour long discussion about proper PPE in my infections and diseases class. But what I'm curious is how she even got to the point where she wouldn't realize what she was doing. The Ebola gloves are not ordinary hand gloves. They're huge like oven mitts. 

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There's a lot of ignorance surrounding how Ebola is transmitted. You can't just catch it by walking past a victim in the street or even by simply shaking hands. It's transmitted via bodily fluid although the virus can stay active outside of the body for several days. 

 

It's so prominent in West Africa because hygiene standards aren't up to scratch and it's a tradition for many during funerals to touch the body of the deceased. 

 

I used to work for the Department For Environment Food and Rural Affairs, I remember when Avian Influenza came about and the press went absolutely crazy for it. They were speculating how many would die and how it could spread and OH THE HUMANITY! well of course it effected some but not nearly as many as predicted and it was handled by the professionals who are trained to deal with it. 

 

Banning flights from W.Africa at this stage would be a massive overreaction and would encourage people to take alternative routes to enter the US. 

 

Please don't feed in to the news so much.

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I'm just going to copy-paste what I wrote in /r/nursing on reddit.

 

"The CDC stated hospital's are prepared, my facility has also shared on the news that we are all prepared. However, I think that is just to calm down the public; because I know NO ONE on my unit has been taught what to do with an ebola patient or how to even IDENTIFY one.
 

I also don't think this will help us as nurses in the end. The news is already blaming the nurse for "breaching protocol", but in the same breath saying she used the PPE properly. So where did she mess up? No one is sharing that. In addition to that, she was caring for the patient and was proactively monitoring herself...no official people were. She caught her own temperature and was isolated and treatments began within 90 mins of her fever...according to CDC.
 

If anything the nurses taking CARE of Ebola patients should be getting a pay raise or some incentive, I don't think anything is going to trickle down to the rest of us. We know what we're exposed to every day, they don't care in the long run. But those treating Ebola patients should be compensated."

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This is why they shouldn't send those stupid liberal tard tards back to the US after they're stupid enough to go to those Ebola-filled places. And of course, Obummer ain't doing anything about it.

 

but.... Duncan wasn't a "liberal tard tard" as far as we know ... he was a man visiting his family in Africa... who got infected there.... and then lied to customs about possible exposure....

 

the humanitarian workers (or 'liberal tard tards') who were transported back....have not infected anyone..... and nurses.... know the hazards of their jobs. They treat people with potentially deadly and sometimes incurable diseases... and have a protocol to follow, that protects them...but sometimes...shit happens....a prick of a needle that had been inserted into a patient with HIV.... or Hepatitis.... hole in the hazmat suit... i dunno... stuff happens... 

 

Just because the western media has gotten people into a frenzy about Ebola... doesn't really change this...or mean she was that more at risk treating an Ebola patient then she is treating anyone else with infectious disease.

 

I do however feel...that since Ebola has such a high mortality rate....and the medical field is still grappling with efficient treatment and cure... Nurses who are chosen to treat these patients...should get a higher salary during that treatment....and if there is a lapse somewhere, in educating nurses/staff about Ebola (symptoms, precuations, etc)... obviously that should be tackled.

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There's a lot of ignorance surrounding how Ebola is transmitted. You can't just catch it by walking past a victim in the street or even by simply shaking hands. It's transmitted via bodily fluid although the virus can stay active outside of the body for several days.

 

It's so prominent in West Africa because hygiene standards aren't up to scratch and it's a tradition for many during funerals to touch the body of the deceased.

 

I used to work for the Department For Environment Food and Rural Affairs, I remember when Avian Influenza came about and the press went absolutely crazy for it. They were speculating how many would die and how it could spread and OH THE HUMANITY! well of course it effected some but not nearly as many as predicted and it was handled by the professionals who are trained to deal with it.

 

Banning flights from W.Africa at this stage would be a massive overreaction and would encourage people to take alternative routes to enter the US.

 

Please don't feed in to the news so much.

it seems like it's more contagious than having to share each other's back wash.

 

A Spanish nurse got Ebola from treating a patient. She did take off her hazmat suit incorrectly and touched her face.

But still :wth:

A nurse with a hazmat suit caught it because she touched her face after incorrectly taking off her suit? What does that say about the general public? I doubt she smeared her hand all over the exterior of the suit and then smeared her hand all over her face.

 

I think Ebola symptoms and prevention should be educated to the public

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This is giving me really bad anxiety and I feel like crying.
 

What would you like him to do?

 
Restrict flights to and from Africa. That's the best way to stop international spread. I don't care about the economy right now or any other excuses they have as to why they won't do it, it's just excuses. They need to restrict flights. The thing about "screening" flights has a hole in it because someone can come in contact with someone with ebola, catch it, and then get on a plane that same day with no symptoms. Ebola symptoms only show 2 to 21 days after. How can they know if someone had ebola if they get on a plane immediately after contact? They can't know it. It's a really sloppy "handling" of spread.

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There's a lot of ignorance surrounding how Ebola is transmitted. You can't just catch it by walking past a victim in the street or even by simply shaking hands. It's transmitted via bodily fluid although the virus can stay active outside of the body for several days. 

 

It's so prominent in West Africa because hygiene standards aren't up to scratch and it's a tradition for many during funerals to touch the body of the deceased. 

 

I used to work for the Department For Environment Food and Rural Affairs, I remember when Avian Influenza came about and the press went absolutely crazy for it. They were speculating how many would die and how it could spread and OH THE HUMANITY! well of course it effected some but not nearly as many as predicted and it was handled by the professionals who are trained to deal with it. 

 

Banning flights from W.Africa at this stage would be a massive overreaction and would encourage people to take alternative routes to enter the US. 

 

Please don't feed in to the news so much.

 

No, this is not true. I have done a tremendous amount of research on this disease, and the disease is able to spread by shaking hands. And no not just bodily fluids. The skin of an ebola patient is able to transmit the disease as well. 

 

All flights from West Africa need to be stopped. Why? Because America/Europe ect. IS NOT able to deal with ebola patients. Now there was a scare in Boston. They had to evacuate a whole hospital. That's just insane.

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