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German clinic forced to scrap two machines worth £1m because Ebola patient vomited on them
UKDailyMail ^ | 10/20/2014

Posted on 10/21/2014 4:39:31 PM PDT by wtd

German clinic forced to scrap two machines worth £1m because Ebola patient vomited on them"

He recovered after five weeks of intense treatment but not before vomiting on two expensive machines - first vomited on a mobile x-ray machine and then on an equally expensive ultrasound scanner that now must be scrapped.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: ebola
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1 posted on 10/21/2014 4:39:31 PM PDT by wtd
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They couldn’t just clean it with some bleach?


2 posted on 10/21/2014 4:40:27 PM PDT by Bettyprob
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To: Bettyprob

I’ve got a Norelco MG150 x-ray from the 50’s you could probably pressure wash. The price is right guys!


3 posted on 10/21/2014 4:41:58 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: wtd

When Ebola arrives in town, it’s very expensive.


4 posted on 10/21/2014 4:43:25 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Bettyprob

Sounds logical to me, but who knows with these highly sophisticated technological marvels.


5 posted on 10/21/2014 4:43:43 PM PDT by Fungi (The bigger the government, the smaller the individual.)
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To: Bettyprob

They couldn’t just clean it with some bleach?

Well pull it apart and spray bleach and expose to UV light...

But I am being paranoid


6 posted on 10/21/2014 4:44:55 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: wtd

After about the fourth time this happens they’ll just spritz it with bleach. Will they burn thousands of cars and homes because somebody died in them? Not after the first couple of months.


7 posted on 10/21/2014 4:45:19 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Bettyprob

Hose them suckers down and send ‘em to Ebolaland.


8 posted on 10/21/2014 4:45:40 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

[ I’ve got a Norelco MG150 x-ray from the 50’s you could probably pressure wash. The price is right guys! ]

What are you using that for?

Are you irradiating your liberal neighbors ... AGAIN....?


9 posted on 10/21/2014 4:45:42 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: Bettyprob

Duncan was put on dialysis ...Can & how does a machine processing blood of an ebola victim get “sterilized” properly for the next patient?


10 posted on 10/21/2014 4:46:27 PM PDT by wtd
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To: Bettyprob

Sounds like they wanted some new equipment and this was the best excuse at hand.


11 posted on 10/21/2014 4:46:54 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: Bettyprob

Hose them suckers down and send ‘em to Ebolaland.


12 posted on 10/21/2014 4:50:39 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: GraceG

We used it to calibrate x-ray diodes, which were used to measure the output characteristics of the “devices” used in underground nuclear tests back in the day. Also used it to verify radiation transport codes (simulation software).

It is a pretty potent machine, we had to put up lead sheets on the wall next to it because it was dosing the middle stall of the men’s room.

It hasn’t seen much use in recent years, but still works. Nothing made today can run at similar energy levels for the same duration of time. We used to run it 10 hours a day for months.

Fortunately, I don’t have any liberal neighbors. :)


13 posted on 10/21/2014 4:53:46 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: wtd

Good thing the guy didn’t vomit in a Bugatti Vayron!


14 posted on 10/21/2014 4:54:59 PM PDT by MeganC (It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
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Why discard such expensive, useful medical equipment. Obama has assured us we can all get on the bus with Ebola patients no problem at all.


15 posted on 10/21/2014 4:55:09 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..) u)
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I’ve got a Norelco MG150 x-ray from the 50’s you could probably pressure wash.

Does it give you a close shave too?

:-)

16 posted on 10/21/2014 4:55:45 PM PDT by Mark17 (MAs & PAs Broke busted, disgusted, liberals can't be trusted, throw the bastards into the sea)
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Stupid. Chlorine bath plus 10 minutes (overkill) of UV-C would have sterilized the equipment.

Government theater...


17 posted on 10/21/2014 4:55:51 PM PDT by piytar (So....you are saying that Hilllary (and Obola) do not know what the meaning of the word "IS" IS?)
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To: wtd

Send them to Washington to be cleaned. We have a CZAR that knows everything about E B O L A.


18 posted on 10/21/2014 4:56:27 PM PDT by Dallas59
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Heck yeah, just sit there a while an all your hair falls out.


19 posted on 10/21/2014 4:56:54 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Dallas59


20 posted on 10/21/2014 4:58:06 PM PDT by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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