I am very concerned that the CDC may dump inadequate gear on Ohios medical community and tell our nurses that they are safe. This was taken from CNN Health: Following CDC protocol did NOT KEEP THESE WORKERS SAFE!!!!!! One of those affected is Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital nurse Briana Aguirre. She said Thursday that the Dallas hospital didnt give her proper gear while she cared for Pham, even though it was more than a week into the Ebola response there. Aguirre told CNNs Anderson Cooper that the gear she was given -- when she cared for Pham for one day -- included a Tyvex suit, gloves and booties that covered most of her body, but not her neck. I just told them, Why would an area so close to my mouth and my nose ... be exposed? Aguirre told Cooper. And they didnt have an answer. She said she asked supervisors about new gear and was told it had been ordered. But she said the better equipment should have been procured more quickly, and raised concerns for her colleagues who were more involved in Ebola care. I just know that the (two) nurses that have been infected, they were dealing with the same equipment while they were dealing with so much more than I dealt with personally, she said. They put their lives on the line and without the proper equipment. She also said that prior to Duncans arrival in late September, nurses at the hospital had no mandatory Ebola training and only an optional seminar. Watch this video Gupta suits up in Ebola protective gear The hospital has said its professionals wore equipment consistent with CDC guidelines at the time. Dr. Tom Frieden, the CDCs director, admitted at a congressional hearing Wednesday that some forms of health care workers protective equipment did allow exposure of some parts of the skin.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 03:40:40 +0000
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