do you have to put them on?
I could imagine that you could get virus particles from the exterior of the protective suits when you changed out, if there weren’t additional disinfective procedures focused on the suit going on. I imagine there would have to be.
Anyone know details?
More info here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3212264/posts
UPDATE 2-Four hospitalised in Spain after first Ebola transmission outside Africa
Reuters ^ | October 7, 2014 | By Inmaculada Sanz and Sarah Morris
Posted on 10/7/2014 6:27:55 AM by Oldeconomybuyer
* Nurse who treated missionaries caught Ebola in Madrid
* Husband hospitalised but shows no Ebola symptoms so far
* Another health worker and a traveller hospitalised
* Health authorities say they are “revising protocols” (Adds new details, background)
Even more worries and concerns for American RNs:
American Nurses are rightfully concerned about the lack of training, guidance and necessary personal gear and supplies to handle/treat suspected patients with Ebola.
Nurses stage Ebola ‘die-in’ on Las Vegas Strip.
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2014/09/24/3318356_nurses-to-march-on-vegas-strip.html?rh=1
American Rns say that they are unprepared to handle ebola patients.
It probably happened when she took the protective garb off or was disposing it.
REC, a 2007 Spanish movie about an apartment building locked-down because of a virus that made infected act like rabid zombies.
Re-made as `Quarantine.’
So she was out and about in the community for one week while showing symptoms.
It’s not the putting on or wearing of the protective clothing that is the problem....it’s poor practices when taking the gear off.
Somehow it seems safe to quickly remove the clothing and get away from the contaminants...but in fact this is the most dangerous time.
You must fully decontaminate the clothing before you remove it, or even better have someone else remove it.
What a ridiculous that title. The nurse admitted to touching the patient. You touch them, you can die.
I’ve been following this Ebola epidemic going on and I am starting to notice something interesting. I’m no doctor, but it seems like people are more likely to get it if they are around somebody that is near death or has just passed. It seems like that is when a person is most contagious.
Take what happened in Nigeria with Patrick Sawyer. He was extremely ill(died within a day) when he was finally forced into treatment. The people that were infected by him were in direct contact with him(no gloves etc) at this point. The doctor that was infected by him “touched” him when he had just died. The guy in Texas got it from holding a dying young woman in his arms.
So far, it doesn’t seem like anybody that had come in contact with Thomas Duncan(Texas Ebola) has become ill. That can change of course, but if it doesn’t I would say that most people are becoming infected when dealing with people near death or the bodies of those that have died recently.
The NBC cameraman got it when he was hosing off a car that somebody “died” in.
Maybe that’s the key. People may need to really amp up their protection gear when somebody is near death or have died.
That being said, I am still extremely worried because of the morons running this country of ours. It would be a small comfort knowing that it may not be as transmittable as some people think. A very small comfort considering how sloppily the Texas case was handled! I mean really! They let two unprotected dudes power wash a vomited on sidewalk. If they don’t get sick it will be a miracle!