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10-15-2014, 06:32 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-diagnosed-in-second-dallas-nurse-105542930.html
A second nurse from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has been diagnosed with Ebola. (Reuters/Mike Stone)
DALLAS – A second Texas nurse who treated Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan has become infected with the deadly disease, health officials announced early Wednesday.
Officials said the unidentified health care worker reported a fever on Tuesday and was immediately isolated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.
“Health officials have interviewed the latest patient to quickly identify any contacts or potential exposures, and those people will be monitored,” the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a written statement. “The type of monitoring depends on the nature of their interactions and the potential they were exposed to the virus.”
The positive test for Ebola was determined about midnight Tuesday at a state laboratory in Austin. Results from a second testing by the CDC in Atlanta are expected later Wednesday.
The latest nurse becomes the third person to be diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas since Sept. 30. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, and Dr. Daniel Varga with Texas Health Resources are scheduled to address the public during a 7 a.m. news conference.
Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian citizen who had recently travelled from West Africa to Dallas, died from Ebola a week ago at Texas Health Presbyterian. He was the first person to ever be diagnosed with the virus in the United States. The disease, for which there is no known cure, has killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa in 2014, the World Health Organization estimates.
Duncan, 42, was treated at Texas Health Presbyterian for 10 days before his death. Last Friday, 26-year-old nurse Nina Pham began running a fever while at home and went to the hospital where she isolated. She tested positive for Ebola on Sunday. Hospital officials reported that she was in good condition as of late Tuesday.
Texas Health Presbyterian officials have said Pham wore protective clothing and insist staff followed safety precautions issued by federal officials. How Pham, a nurse for four years, contracted Ebola hasn’t been determined, but CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden has said he believes there was a breach in safety procedures.
Pham’s diagnosis sparked immediate angst for workers at Texas Health Presbyterian. On Tuesday, the CDC said 76 health care workers who could have come in contact with Duncan were being monitored for symptoms.
“As we have said before, because of our ongoing investigation, it is not unexpected that there would be additional exposures,” the CDC said in a written statement early Wednesday. “An additional health care worker testing positive for Ebola is a serious concern, and the CDC has already taken active steps to minimize the risk to health care workers and the patient.”
(This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.)
How many more??
Why are those flights continuing?
A second nurse from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has been diagnosed with Ebola. (Reuters/Mike Stone)
DALLAS – A second Texas nurse who treated Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan has become infected with the deadly disease, health officials announced early Wednesday.
Officials said the unidentified health care worker reported a fever on Tuesday and was immediately isolated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.
“Health officials have interviewed the latest patient to quickly identify any contacts or potential exposures, and those people will be monitored,” the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a written statement. “The type of monitoring depends on the nature of their interactions and the potential they were exposed to the virus.”
The positive test for Ebola was determined about midnight Tuesday at a state laboratory in Austin. Results from a second testing by the CDC in Atlanta are expected later Wednesday.
The latest nurse becomes the third person to be diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas since Sept. 30. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, and Dr. Daniel Varga with Texas Health Resources are scheduled to address the public during a 7 a.m. news conference.
Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian citizen who had recently travelled from West Africa to Dallas, died from Ebola a week ago at Texas Health Presbyterian. He was the first person to ever be diagnosed with the virus in the United States. The disease, for which there is no known cure, has killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa in 2014, the World Health Organization estimates.
Duncan, 42, was treated at Texas Health Presbyterian for 10 days before his death. Last Friday, 26-year-old nurse Nina Pham began running a fever while at home and went to the hospital where she isolated. She tested positive for Ebola on Sunday. Hospital officials reported that she was in good condition as of late Tuesday.
Texas Health Presbyterian officials have said Pham wore protective clothing and insist staff followed safety precautions issued by federal officials. How Pham, a nurse for four years, contracted Ebola hasn’t been determined, but CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden has said he believes there was a breach in safety procedures.
Pham’s diagnosis sparked immediate angst for workers at Texas Health Presbyterian. On Tuesday, the CDC said 76 health care workers who could have come in contact with Duncan were being monitored for symptoms.
“As we have said before, because of our ongoing investigation, it is not unexpected that there would be additional exposures,” the CDC said in a written statement early Wednesday. “An additional health care worker testing positive for Ebola is a serious concern, and the CDC has already taken active steps to minimize the risk to health care workers and the patient.”
(This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.)
How many more??
Why are those flights continuing?