Is current U.S. hospital infection control enough to contain Ebola?
A man dressed in protective clothing leaves after treating the front porch and sidewalk of an apartment where a second person diagnosed with the Ebola virus resides on Oct. 12, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. A female nurse working at Texas Heath Presbyterian Hospital, the same facility that treated Thomas Eric Duncan, has tested positive for the virus.
The news adds to the perception that the disease is out of control in the United States, but it isn't. But the fact that they wore protective gear and took serious precautions raises concerns with health officials.
On The Daily Circuit, we discuss the current precautions for health care workers that care for Ebola patients. What do officials truly understand about containing the disease? What don't we know about Ebola?
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Hazmat workers with Protect Environmental unload barrels in preparation for decontaminating an apartment at The Village Bend East apartment complex where a second health care worker who has tested positive for the Ebola virus resides on October 15, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. Nurse Amber Vinson joins Nina Pham as health workers who have contracted the Ebola virus at Texas Heath Presbyterian Hospital while treating patient Thomas Eric Duncan, who has since died.
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A man dressed in protective clothing treats the front porch of an apartment where a second person diagnosed with the Ebola virus resides on Oct. 12, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. A female nurse working at Texas Heath Presbyterian Hospital, the same facility that treated Thomas Eric Duncan, has tested positive for the virus.
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A hazmat worker reacts to a media question outside of the apartment where a second person diagnosed with the Ebola virus resides on Tuesday, October 13, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. A female nurse working at Texas Heath Presbyterian Hospital, the same facility that treated Thomas Eric Duncan, has tested positive for the virus.
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