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Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts) Wed Oct 15, 2014, 05:08 PM Oct 2014

where a patient has been cared for or traveled in? How do they know that area is now safe?

I haven't heard or seen this discussed.

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How do they decontaminate ebola from the rooms, planes, ambulances, etc. [View all] Frustratedlady Oct 2014 OP

Easy. zappaman Oct 2014 #1

I don't know PAProgressive28 Oct 2014 #2

good old clorox (chlorine bleach) Kali Oct 2014 #3

Bleach is corrosive, but cheap. Any hospital grade disinfectant will do. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #10

There is a machine that emits a special light.... Uben Oct 2014 #4

It's an ultraviolet light. Daemonaquila Oct 2014 #5

Yes, I think I saw the same robot-type machine they have used for years, Frustratedlady Oct 2014 #7

Latex gloves, disposable paper towels, hospital grade disinfectant. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #8

Investors share your concerns; airline stocks dropping. Divernan Oct 2014 #9

Quite a huge puzzle, isn't it? Frustratedlady Oct 2014 #11

Frontier Jet That Carried Ebola Patient Made Five More Flights Divernan Oct 2014 #16

Go to the WEBSITES! My God FEMA has information, CDC has information rustydog Oct 2014 #12

I, for one, am not in panic-mode, I'm just curious. Frustratedlady Oct 2014 #14

Thanks, interesting. eom Frustratedlady Oct 2014 #15

Bleach, mostly. And sunlight if practical Recursion Oct 2014 #17

Copious amounts of chlorine TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #21

Alcohol or bleach from what I understand work wonders on Ebola. Live and Learn Oct 2014 #22