Posted on 10/18/2014 6:51:45 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The Dallas hospital that treated Thomas Eric Duncan had a version of the Ebola-screening device used by the U.S. military in West Africa sitting on a shelf, but FDA guidelines prohibited staff from using it on the patient.
A $39,000 machine called FilmArray was available to the Dallas Presbyterian Hospital when Duncan came in with a fever. The device has a high success rate for detecting Ebola in less than one hour, but sat idly because current federal guidelines prevented the hospital from obtaining a specific “kit” needed for screening, the military website Defense One reported Thursday.
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PING!
Great, gubmint redtape to the rescue. Please tell me why we can’t fire 95% of federal “work” force?
Maybe I'm being paranoid?
We are from the Government, and we are here to help...
With the way FedGov has handled this issue so far the hospital should say “screw you” and keep using it.
CC
It probably works too well, or was made by a company that does not contribute to liberals or to any Obola campaign.
shut down the fricking fda.
proceed to use device.
“Bureaucratic screwup” is redundant. I don’t think the feds would do it intentionally, but they can’t escape their own incompetency.
——In this case, I don’t think it’s just the usual bureaucratic screw up.
If you ever dealt with any level of government....I’d take incompetence over malice 99.9999 % of the time....
Ping
Go Tenth Amendment go! State's rights!
Maybe I’m being paranoid?
It’s not paranoia when they really are out to get you.
It obviosly works better than the federal government. Maybe they’re embarrased that a piece of electronics has outperformed an entire bureacracy?
CC
The hospital should use it on suspect patients, and post the test on YOUTUBE and tell the FDA to F.O.
It almost seems like the government wants to let ebola have a toe-in.
Maybe I'm being paranoid?
"I think that when you spread the Ebola around, it's good for everybody."
But seriously, I think it's just FedGov stupidity to the rescue.
When I first started working at the army hospital my first day I had the “Quad room”, it had 4 beds in it. My patients were all e-9s from the Army, Marines and Air Force.
I stood in the middle of the room and said, Hi, I’m from the government, I’m here to help.
They all started throwing stuff at me and laughing, but I said that I could say that and mean it, I’m a nurse. :)
We are unprepared and it is government .
Head of the FDA Ms. Hamburgler is corrupt as they come. A real shame what they have done to Company’s producing safe, life saving drugs to the detriment of Americans, and to the plus of their Wall Street accounts. Amarin’s Vesecpa is just one of those Drugs,
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