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Friday, October 17, 2014

Important read.... Sanjay Gupta uses chocolate sauce to show us how easy it is to get Ebola

The infection of two Texas nurses who treated Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian patient with Ebola, has exposed serious holes in the preparedness of US hospitals to treat the virus.
 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are now investigating the procedures at Texas Health Presbyterian, where the healthcare workers became infected, including which protective equipment is being used and how it is being put on, the decontamination process once workers leave the isolation unit, and the training provided to hospital workers.

The CDC still does not know how the latest Ebola patient contracted the virus, but it is clear that even extremely minor oversights while following hospital protocols can increase the risk of getting Ebola.
To illustrate how easy it is to spread Ebola from patient to worker, CNN's Sanjay Gupta

demonstrated in a video how a worker would generally suit up and then remove his or her protective gear when following the CDC's guidelines. Gupta  uses chocolate sauce to represent Ebola.

READ MORE: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/sanjay-gupta-uses-chocolate-sauce-140200046.html

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