Presbyterian followed CDC guidelines when treating nation’s first Ebola patient, officials said Thur

Dallas News ^ | October 16, 2014 | Tasha Tsiaperas

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Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas followed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines when treating Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who became the nation’s first person diagnosed with the deadly virus, officials said in a press release early Thursday.

Nurses at the North Dallas hospital criticized the hospital’s preparation for and treatment of Duncan, who died last Wednesday. They said they were not given proper protective equipment and were exposed to the virus.

Since Duncan’s death, two nurses who cared for Duncan have been diagnosed with the virus. Other nurses at the hospital spoke out anonymously this week through National Nurses United, the country’s largest association of registered nurses.

But hospital officials said Thursday those criticism don’t reflect the facts in the medical records of Duncan’s case.

“Our hospital followed the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines and sought additional guidance and clarity,” officials said in the written statement.

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Full title: Presbyterian followed CDC guidelines when treating nation’s first Ebola patient, officials said Thursday

[Qiviut]

Well, when the CDC guidelines let a nurse fly on public transportation who has been exposed to Ebola & she’s running a fever (fever needed to be a couple points higher for a ‘no fly’) .... then maybe their ‘guidelines’ for protection while treating an Ebola patient is equally as suspect. Since two nurses are now also at risk of dying with Ebola after following those guidelines, you’d think somebody at CDC would get a clue .... but we know how it goes with the Obola administration, his totally incompetent appointees, and government agencies in general.

[Marie]

The nurses are not lying.