I found this comment from a cardiologist on of all places The Daily Beast, and what it is like to deal with keeping untainted, and he isn’t trained in the procedure at Emerie Hospital, which if memory serves has a bio-contaminants units.
“Doc-Wilson 16 minutes ago
As a doctor, I find it isn’t easy taking off all the isolation gear. If you take your gloves off first, you risk contaminating your hands using your hands to take off your gown and mask (or hood). It is hard to take off your gown while still wearing your gloves. Standard gowns and masks don’t cover your body 100%. Sounds like Ebola requires a HazMat suit. The gowns and suits do not breathe at all and are incredibly hot. You sweat profusely in them and sweat gets everywhere. In most isolation rooms you take off your isolation gear before you leave the room so you can get contaminated before you leave the room. I wish as a health professional I knew how they do it at Emory and Nebraska. Our current practices need modified. Education is not being provided and current practices are going to lead to more hospital workers being infected. I’m a cardiologist and I notice it is not routine to have disposable stethescopes in the room. How do you even wear a stethescope with a HazMat suit on? How do get a portable chest X-ray in the room without the machine being contaminated. I’ve got a million questions on how to pull everything off safely. Health care workers are not ready for Ebola - somebody better get us up to speed quickly!”
Perhaps it is time to use robots, not out of the questions and can be done.
I would think at this time they would call for Volunteers only. Much as the military used to do if a mission was extremely hazardous. Keep medical staff on a rotating basis and in a contained area at all times. When the first team has finished their time, quarantine them for the proper days then they can go home. And so on...
No nurse with children should EVER be ordered for that duty.