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23. That would help. I wonder if that's standard. n/t

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Mon Oct 6, 2014, 07:34 PM

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The Madrid hospital where the nurse got Ebola was specially chosen and prepared to handle Ebola. [View all] pnwmom Oct 2014 OP

It's certainly puzzling... Avalux Oct 2014 #1

And both of their patients died too. JimDandy Oct 2014 #2

their patients were both very old and probably very advanced disease state magical thyme Oct 2014 #43

What exactly is a sanitary tech and what treatment would such a tech provide? Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #3

The second article says: pnwmom Oct 2014 #4

I read that. I asked what sort of treatment a sanitary tech would provide because that detail is Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #7

Why is the label more important than what she actually did? pnwmom Oct 2014 #8

It is not more important, I also asked what she actually did. The 'label' or job title, becomes the Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #9

Exactly,,, dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 #10

Here's a job description for HEALTH CARE SANITARY TECHNICIAN PADemD Oct 2014 #11

So no direct patient contact? riverwalker Oct 2014 #17

No, not Spanish site. Found the description on line through a job title search. PADemD Oct 2014 #25

sounds like a nursing assistant in US riverwalker Oct 2014 #36

"to assist him" sounds like contact. morningfog Oct 2014 #39

Most likely, she broke protocol. eom MohRokTah Oct 2014 #5

Most likely, the protocol is much, much harder to follow than people think. pnwmom Oct 2014 #6

There's no room for error with Ebola. it only takes a single virus particle to infect and kill. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #12

And they follow protocol so well in Dallas. LisaL Oct 2014 #13

Not really MohRokTah Oct 2014 #14

Not really? LisaL Oct 2014 #15

She failed to follow protocols and got fluid in her eyes, nose, mouth, or open wound. eom MohRokTah Oct 2014 #16

No one knows that she deliberately failed to follow protocols. Even her hospital is saying pnwmom Oct 2014 #19

Nobody said she deliberately failed to follow protocols. That she failed to follow protocols... MohRokTah Oct 2014 #24

Or maybe she followed the protocol perfectly and there was a tiny hole in her glove pnwmom Oct 2014 #26

Lisa don't you love all the Ebola experts on here. woolldog Oct 2014 #49

Open wound on your hand while TBF Oct 2014 #18

What about the NBC cameraman? cwydro Oct 2014 #29

He washed a car in which somebody died from Ebola. LisaL Oct 2014 #31

He did have direct contact with somebody's bodily fluids. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #32

he had splashback while helping to disinfect the car magical thyme Oct 2014 #44

Given most people are symptomatic 8-10 days from infection, Barack_America Oct 2014 #20

This is what I'm afraid of. It's not that people are deliberately being lax on the precautions, pnwmom Oct 2014 #21

Gowning and ungowning should be witnessed. Barack_America Oct 2014 #22

That would help. I wonder if that's standard. n/t pnwmom Oct 2014 #23

Perhaps ebola is no longer as "difficult" to catch as researchers ecstatic Oct 2014 #27

The structure of Ebola simply does not allow for that sort of a mutation. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #34

We still don't know how the cameraman got it either. cwydro Oct 2014 #28

He thinks he got it when he washed an infected car. LisaL Oct 2014 #30

Which was washed how long after the person died? XemaSab Oct 2014 #37

But fluids on surfaces can stay infected with a virus, and it's not clear for how long. LisaL Oct 2014 #41

I found this. pnwmom Oct 2014 #48

The virus can remain alive on surfaces at room temperature for days. pnwmom Oct 2014 #47

Washed a CAR? cwydro Oct 2014 #38

Coming to a hospital near you? Or me? LisaL Oct 2014 #40

Possibly. If the vomit was not bone dry when he started spraying it, kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #42

they used "extreme" precautions riverwalker Oct 2014 #33

Well, that's discouraging. n/t pnwmom Oct 2014 #35

Yeah, but it's probably in the downstream chain of decontamination. Yo_Mama Oct 2014 #45

That article says she had fever beginning on the 30th??? Yo_Mama Oct 2014 #46