Second worker tests positive in US
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Topic: Second worker tests positive in US
Posted By: 7laws
Subject: Second worker tests positive in US
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 2:05am
| http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/second-texas-health-care-worker-tests-positive-ebola-n226161 |
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Posted By: 7laws
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 2:07am
| It is hard for me to copy and paste the while article on my phone. Sorry. Maybe someone can do it for me. It is on CNN right now. |
Posted By: ViQueen24
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 2:36am
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I got your back, 7Laws. http://cnn.com/2014/10/15/health/texas-ebola-outbreak/index.html?x=homepage-t - http://cnn.com/2014/10/15/health/texas-ebola-outbreak/index.html?c=homepage-t |
Posted By: 7laws
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 3:16am
| Thanks! |
Posted By: ViQueen24
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 4:09am
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Second Ebola diagnosis in Texas A A A (resize font) (CNN) - A second health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for Ebola, health officials said Wednesday -- casting further doubt on the hospital's ability to handle Ebola and protect employees. The worker reported a fever Tuesday and was immediately isolated, health department spokeswoman Carrie Williams said. The preliminary Ebola test was done late Tuesday at the state public health laboratory in Austin, and the results came back around midnight. A second test will be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. "Health officials have interviewed the latest patient to quickly identify any contacts or potential exposures, and those people will be monitored," the health department said. But the pool of contacts could be small, since Ebola can only be transmitted when an infected person shows symptoms. Less than a day passed between the onset of the worker's symptoms and isolation at the hospital. Official: Duncan should have been moved An official close to the situation says that in hindsight, Duncan should have been transferred immediately to either Emory University Hospital in Atlanta or Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Those hospitals are among only four in the country that have biocontainment units and have been preparing for years to treat a highly infectious disease like Ebola. "If we knew then what we know now about this hospital's ability to safely care for these patients, then we would have transferred him to Emory or Nebraska," the official told CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen. "I think there are hospitals that are more than ready, but I think there are some that are not." The second time The latest infection marks the second-ever transmission of Ebola in the United States. Both stemmed from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. Late last week, nurse Tina Pham tested positive for Ebola. She also took care of Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. Duncan died last week. On Tuesday, Pham said she was doing well. "I am blessed by the support of family and friends, and am blessed to be cared for by the best team of doctors and nurses in the world," she said. Troubling allegations Also Tuesday, National Nurses United made troubling allegations about the hospital, claiming "guidelines were constantly changing" and "there were no protocols" about how to deal with the deadly virus." "The protocols that should have been in place in Dallas were not in place, and that those protocols are not in place anywhere in the United States as far as we can tell," NNU Executive Director RoseAnn DeMoro said. "We're deeply alarmed." Nurses were told to wrap their necks with medical tape when equipment left their necks exposed; they felt unsupported and unprepared, and they received no hands-on training, union co-president Deborah Burger said. A Texas Health Presbyterian spokesman did not respond to the specific allegations, but said patient and employee safety is the hospital's top priority. Global epidemic While the Texas hospital deals with its third Ebola patient, the situation in West Africa is getting increasingly dire. More than 4,000 people have died from Ebola this year in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. And it could be up to 10,000 new Ebola cases per week in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone by the end of this year as the outbreak spreads, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday. U.S. President Barack Obama says he'll reach out directly to heads of state to encourage other countries to do more to fight back. "There are a number of countries that have capacity that have not yet stepped up," he said. "Those that have stepped up, all of us, are going to have to do more." |
Posted By: ViQueen24
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 4:15am
| It took me that long to learn how to copy and paste on this dang iPod! Since I just learned how to put clickable links on here, I'd say my learning curve has increased exponentially in these last 3 hours. Thanks for motivating me to learn, AFT, now I'm for bed! |
Posted By: ParanoidMom
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 5:07am
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The fact that they are admitting they should have transferred Duncan to a different hospital is very telling. We have been told all along any hospital can deal with this virus. What a bunch of hooey! I wonder if the "officials" are going to put the blame on this individual as well? ------------- But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of the Lord Wisdom of Solomon 3:1 |
Posted By: debg
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 6:27am
| Ok, if they say they should have transferred Duncan, then why aren't they transferring the 2 nurses that now have it??? |
Posted By: onefluover
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 6:40am
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Ro2........? ------------- "And then there were none." |
Posted By: inthesticks
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 6:53am
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[Quote] An official close to the situation says that in hindsight, Duncan should have been transferred immediately to either Emory University Hospital in Atlanta or Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Those hospitals are among only four in the country that have biocontainment units and have been preparing for years to treat a highly infectious disease like Ebola.[quote] ============================================================== In hindsight, huh? Well, as ParanoidMom mentioned, the two infected healthcare workers should then have been transferred to one of the four Ebola bio facilities in the US. Geez...authorities sure are slow to get things done. Sort of reminds me of that phrase, "Nero fiddled while Rome burned". To the Texas health authorities I say: Get the lead out folks! You all need a quick kick in the butts to get you folks moving quicker on this crisis! ------------- I'm INTHESTICKS and I approved this message. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 7:14am
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Someone posted this in the comments section of a news report on this developing situation. "Interesting, I just received this note via email from Denton County, TX, County North of Dallas." THIS IS JUST AN EXERCISE! Medical Reserve Corps- Denton County You will NOT be required to deploy for this exercise. If contacted, you may be asked for your availability for the exercise deployment period. The state would like to know if they called right now what we as Denton County Could Provide. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 7:20am
| ??? Where are the members of Duncans apartment? If the HCW are showing signs and testing positive what about them who were exposed before the HCW? |
Posted By: lpalv
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 7:26am
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I saw a report on the news that the nurses union also said that the nurses, that treated Duncan, were allowed to treat other patients. Does the CDC realize they are dealing with a deadly virus? I'll see if I can find an article to paste here. |
Posted By: inthesticks
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 7:27am
That's the million dollar question...where are they? Everybody would like to know this. But I can understand health authorities wishing to keep the family safe from possible attacks from fellow Texans. ------------- I'm INTHESTICKS and I approved this message. |
OriginalHappyCamper wrote:Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 7:28am
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People are losing confidence in the CDC. Now the head of CDC said we should have sent a team or moved Duncan when it started. Now we have a second worker and still not sure about his family??? There are only 4 hospitals in the US that can handle Ebola. One in Missoula MT ST. Pats, Emory in Atlanta the other two I am not sure of one back east and one mid west. This is not going well folks. Even the stock market is worried! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 7:30am
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Here's the article about lack of protocols. http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/15/health/texas-ebola-nurses-union-claims/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 CNN) -- The Texas hospital where two health care workers contracted Ebola while caring for a patient had guidelines that were "constantly changing" and didn't have protocols on how to deal with the deadly virus," a nurses' union claims. "The protocols that should have been in place in Dallas were not in place, and that those protocols are not in place anywhere in the United States as far as we can tell," National Nurses United Executive Director RoseAnn DeMoro said Tuesday night. "We're deeply alarmed." Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas treated Thomas Eric Duncan before his death from Ebola last week. http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/14/health/ebola-who-is-nina-pham/index. - Nurse Nina Pham, who cared for him, is being treated for the virus. They go on to talk about the protocols. |
Posted By: 7laws
Date Posted: October 15 2014 at 7:58am
| Has anyone questioned why this news was released in the middle of the night in the US? Very strange. |