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MohRokTah

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1. A nurse in a hospital that has two Ebola patients doesn't have to treat them to become infected.

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 03:37 PM

Oct 2014

Just close contact with bodily fluids is all that is needed. Somebody failing to follow procedures is all it takes for that to happen.

There will be drawn blood, sheets, and other items that will have bodily fluids. Failing to follow proper procedures could result in somebody coming in contact with those items resulting in infection.

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The Spanish nurse with Ebola only had 2 contacts with her Ebola patient. [View all] pnwmom Oct 2014 OP

A nurse in a hospital that has two Ebola patients doesn't have to treat them to become infected. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #1

One word: fomites. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #6

BBC article says she was part of the team that treated the priest who died of ebola. uppityperson Oct 2014 #2

Yes, the Health Minister said she was, but the hospital spokesman said they didn't know yet. pnwmom Oct 2014 #3

We may never know. uppityperson Oct 2014 #4

Well THIS isn't comforting: B2G Oct 2014 #5