1. Negative pressure room.
2. Double door portal entrance to the negative pressure room.
3. Absolute sterile technique when carrying for the patient.
4. Anything coming out of that room is to be decontaminated and or burned using proper techniques.
The real problem is we do not have many rooms in our hospitals that can provide this level of care. If we have an epidemic those rooms will be rapidly filled. We can not put Ebola patients on a general hospital ward. To do that would infect everyone on the wards.
If we have a true epidemic you will be cared for by your family or not at all. As a medical professional familiar with sterile technique I could "probably do this" provided I had access to proper gowns, masks, gloves, etc. I would also need access to IV fluids for the patient. The vast majority of people could not do this. They would infect themselves accidently.
Nurses as a group vote LIB/DIM. You reap what you sow. Get to work.
For those unfamiliar with infection control, there are varying levels of precautions: Standard, enteric, droplet, and airborne. We choose the PPE based on the precautions. The last word that came down to us was that proper attire was gown, N95 respirator (or PAPR if the N95 does not fit properly), shoe protectors, and double gloves. We could also put an N95 respirator on the patient for extra measure. If they don't (or won't) keep the mask on, we can isolate them. If they threaten to leave, add security. If they persist or try to leave and ebola infection is suspected, strap them down because they are a threat to the safety of the general population.
Lawsuit, schmawsuit. It's a different world now.
Plus, any nurse worth his or her salt will operate on the assumption that a person with flu-like symptoms and/ or a fever is infected and contagious until a negative screen result is in.
We do this already with MRSA and C. difficile as a routine. It's not that much more of a stretch to extend that to isolating ebola patients.
As for this article, my bet is that the nurses who were interviewed were union shills jockeying for advantage in contract negotiations.
No. The real problem is that America is already broke, thanks to leftist policies by the likes of Barack Obama. We can't afford any epidemic, much less this one. Ergo, why it is being inflicted upon us.
I heard that the hazmat cleanup for Duncan re: the apartment he'd been staying is about $65,000. Multiply that by 100 and your average large city in the US will quickly be unable to pay for or handle this situation. Few doctors, nurses or aids will want to put their lives on the line to treat Ebola patients, which will require higher pay....much higher....for their care.
Coming at a time when many Americans' insurance is in a state of transition or non-existant...and when many Americans have lost their doctors and their health insurance plan, this new crisis looks to be deliberately orchestrated, just like the current and ongoing southern border invasion.
When the hell will people wake up and smell the reality?
Don't forget the morgue and disposal of the body.
For the average person, such PPE would be as much of a liability as an asset because they might offer a false sense of security. They're good for a "bug-out" procedure, and not much more. Taking it off safely is tricky and requires practice.