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http://www.wfsb.com/story/26802243/yale-new-haven-hospital-treating-quarantined-patient Yale research student admitted to hospital with Ebola-like symptoms Posted: Oct 16, 2014 8:57 AM EDT Updated: Oct 16, 2014 12:22 PM EDT snipped Yale research student admitted to hospital with Ebola-like...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but we will now have 3 patients in the four biocontainment hospitals (Pham, 2nd Dallas nurse, and Who unidentified patient). So that leaves approximately 5-10 total beds left in these 4 facilities!!! We read yesterday that all four hospitals only have a total of 8-13...

Have we heard if these patients subjected to potential cross-contamination are being isolated?

Chipmunk, you said, "Giving antibiotics just allows more room for a virus to grow, awful." I've wondered about this as I read that in Sierra Leone that have a national policy now to treat pts. in their home by giving them gloves, rehydration, and antibiotics!

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/ebola-outbreak-liberia-needs-79-940-more-body-bags-n226346 Ebola Outbreak: Liberia Needs 79,940 More Body Bags snipped Liberia projects a gap of 79,490 body bags and 989,985 protective suits (over the next 6 mos.) BBM

http://time.com/3507798/ebola-atlanta-nebraska-cdc/ Ebola Advice From Atlanta and Nebraska Doctors Fails to Ease Fears Alexandra Sifferlin @acsifferlin Oct. 14, 2014 snipped A phone conference Tuesday for Emory University and University of Nebraska officials to share what they had learned...

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/14-october-2014/en/ Are the Ebola outbreaks in Nigeria and Senegal over? Ebola situation assessment - 14 October 2014 snipped In Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, new cases continue to explode in areas that looked like they were coming under...

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebola-outbreak-more-people-in-dallas-than-originally-thought-must-be-monitored/? More people in Dallas being monitored for Ebola snipped On the day before Duncan died, records indicate that at least nine caregivers entered and exited the room. BBM

http://www.wbal.com/article/110334/21/funeral-homes-get-marching-orders-from-cdc-on-ebola? Funeral Homes Get Marching Orders From CDC On Ebola snipped Michael Ruck Senior, owner of Ruck Funeral Homes says the guidelines state that if a person dies from Ebola, the body should be cremated...

https://in.news.yahoo.com/says-w-africa-ebola-outbreak-still-expanding-geographically-125534583.html? WHO says W.Africa Ebola outbreak still expanding geographically ReutersReuters – Tue 14 Oct, 2014. snipped The number of Ebola cases in a vast outbreak in West Africa will go over...

Saw a conference on Youtube with a Dr. speaking who had headed up the response to a previous Ebola outbreak in a remote village. He mentioned several times that infected HCW's are (unfortunately) amplifiers.

A top scientist worries that Ebola has mutated to become more contagious Updated by Julia Belluz on October 13, 2014, 9:00 a.m. ET  http://www.vox.com/2014/10/13/6959087/ebola-outbreak-virus-mutated-airborne snipped Peter Jahrling now serves as a chief scientist at the National...

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/pdf/ppe-poster.pdf per the CDC, these are illustrations as to how to properly put on and take off PPE. per WHO: http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/PPE_EN_A1sl.pdf?ua=1

Quote Originally Posted by Sophieandme RabidBadger, do you think a 12 hour shift caring for an Ebola patient is too long? i.e. high stress, fatigue, working in PPE... RabidBadger I don't think so. We work in high stress, high PPE circumstances on an average day...

RabidBadger, do you think a 12 hour shift caring for an Ebola patient is too long? i.e. high stress, fatigue, working in PPE...

Yes, we hear that a lot...improper removal of PPE being so dangerous. I just hope all clinicians in positions such as yourself have thorough training and proper PPE. BTW, what are taped trials?

Thank you for all your responses RabidBadger. What is your guess as to what happened in Texas with the infected nurse?

I so admire you RabidBadger! Thanks for being here! What is your current protocol regarding: length of shift number (if any) of staff to assist you in properly taking off your PPE and decontaminating are "suspected" or likely/probable Ebola patients isolated immediately (before test results...

snipped The new case has already triggered a change in CDC’s care recommendations. Frieden, who sounded exceptionally somber during Sunday’s briefing, said the agency was directing Texas Health Presbyterian to keep the number of people caring for the stricken nurse to “an absolute minimum” and...

ITA http://nypost.com/2014/10/11/the-agonizing-last-days-of-the-first-us-ebola-patient/ snipped By evening, Duncan was suffering from explosive diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and projectile vomiting. BBM