THERE ARE ONLY 14 LABS IN THE ENTIRE U.S. THAT CAN TEST TO CONFIRM IF A PATIENT HAS EBOLA. EBOLA IS SO CONTAGIOUS & DEADLY THAT THEY HAVE TO UTILIZE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF BIOCONTAINMENT POSSIBLE, JUST TO TEST A LAB SPECIMEN FOR DIAGNOSIS. THIS IS HOW EXTREME THE PRECAUTIONS ARE FOR BIOSAFETY LEVEL 4 INFECTIOUS DISEASES SUCH AS EBOLA: BSL-4, Biosafety Level 4 Required for work with dangerous and exotic agents which pose a high individual risk of life-threatening disease. The facility is either in a separate building or in a controlled area within a building, which is completely isolated from all other areas of the building. Walls, floors, and ceilings of the facility are constructed to form a sealed internal shell which facilitates fumigation and is animal and insect proof. A dedicated non-recirculating ventilation system is provided. The supply and exhaust components of the system are balanced to assure directional airflow from the area of least hazard to the area(s) of greatest potential hazard. Within work areas of the facility, all activities are confined to Class III biological safety cabinets, or Class II biological safety cabinets used with one-piece positive pressure personnel suits ventilated by a life support system. The Biosafety Level 4 laboratory has special engineering and design features to prevent microorganisms from being disseminated into the environment. Personnel enter and leave the facility only through the clothing change and shower rooms, and shower each time they leave the facility. Personal clothing is removed in the outer clothing change room and kept there. A specially designed suit area may be provided in the facility to provide personnel protection equivalent to that provided by Class III cabinets. The exhaust air from the suit area is filtered by two sets of HEPA filters installed in series. Supplies and materials needed in the facility are brought in by way of double-doored autoclave, fumigation chamber, or airlock, which is appropriately decontaminated between each use. Viruses assigned to Biosafety Level 4 include Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, EBOLA Meanwhile, our CDC is NOT banning travel from Ebola hot zones and is actually downplaying to the public how contagious and deadly this disease is. Also, they are not taking appropriate precautions with the case in Dallas. They ought to be treating this with an abundance of cautious because it could spread like wildfire & kill millions.
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 05:11:39 +0000