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  • Mishandling of U.S. Ebola patient prompts CDC alert to hospitals

    10/02/2014 4:21:24 PM PDT · by traumer · 36 replies
    DALLAS — A Texas emergency room’s mishandling of the country’s first Ebola patient prompted the CDC to issue a nationwide alert to all hospitals updating them of how to appropriately respond to possible cases of the deadly disease. “It’s a teachable moment, as we say,” Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a Thursday press conference. The latest guidance includes a poster with quick rules for evaluating returned travelers and a checklist. The move comes nearly a week after Thomas Eric Duncan showed up at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital with what officials described...
  • CDC Issues Ebola Checklist: 'Now is the time to prepare'

    09/15/2014 9:38:52 AM PDT · by scouter · 179 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | September 15, 2014 | Paul Bedard
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warning hospitals and doctors that “now is the time to prepare,” has issued a six-page Ebola “checklist” to help healthcare workers quickly determine if patients are infected.While the CDC does not believe that there are new cases of Ebola in the United States, the assumption in the checklist is that it is only a matter of time before the virus hits home.