Who To Blame When You Get Ebola: A CDC Guide For Healthcare Workers

[Yo_Mama]

13. If you include the CDC, yes. Otherwise, no

Because the CDC recs were inadequate and are now inadequate. The screening protocols aren't any good either.

Here's the page:
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/infection-prevention-and-control-recommendations.html

They have deleted the original PPE recs, which were mask, goggles or face shield, gloves, gown. Those recs were less comprehensive than those for AGP's, which are hilariously still up, and hilariously inadequate. They haven't substituted others.

There's a learning curve as others have noted, but the "breach in protocol" comment was inexcusable. Because CDC had apparently changed the protocol on the fly at Texas Presbyterian (while not changing it for other institutions), so that was truly reprehensible at the time he said it.

Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for your posts on this topic, and point out that your post today is even more appropriate. We've been sitting for several days with the notice that PPE recs will be posted. Suppose you are an ER with the next Ebola patient? Whatever you do you can be blamed for not following protocol!!! As this wears on, that chart seems to me to become ever apter.

This is not amusing.

I assume that they are not changing them because of the supply issue - whatever they put on there that's reasonable, some hospitals won't have it available for intake.

I'm hoping these two nurses are the last hospital transmissions, but I am not optimistic. We are all just improvising now. We know we can have intakes of patients with active disease with very mild symptoms that suddenly exacerbate.