State Health Official: CDC Guidelines Didn’t Protect Nurses
Jack Fink
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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Texas’ Health Services Commissioner Dr. David Lakey says the CDC’s initial guidelines for personal protective gear worn by healthcare workers this month were inadequate.
Dr. Lakey made the remarks during a break in the first hearing of the Texas Task Force On Infectious Disease Preparedness & Response at the state Capitol.
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He said the fact that health care workers Nina Pham and Amber Vinson were infected with Ebola while caring for patient Thomas Duncan proved that applying those first national guidelines in a community hospital were more difficult than first thought.
Dr. Lakey said Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital and its employees were trying to figure out the best personal protective equipment to use — all while Duncan was very, very sick.
“The guidance that was in place at the time, which was the best guidance that was out there when it was applied in a community hospital, wasn’t good enough to protect them. That’s why the CDC has re-done their requirements.”
He says no other health workers who treated Duncan, Pham and Vinson have shown symptoms of Ebola or have been tested for the virus.
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