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In response to "And CDC is doing fine. But naturally, people started screaming that CDC is at fault. They're not. -- nm" by loosi at home

Regular nurses shouldn't have been asked to deal with these patients initially given they had no experience dealing with it, and were apparently not

Posted by Loyola Oct 15 '14, 06:10

completely au fait with the proper protocols.

The CDC should have stepped in and provided personnel to deal first hand with the patient considering it was the first ever found on US soil. The CDC may as well have been playing angry birds on their computers for all the use they've been thus far.

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so, a patient arrives at an ER with symptoms that match ebola. Does the CBC fly in to *every hospital* and deal with that patient till the test - Andie Oct 15, 06:11 12
- exactly. And it will only happen more and more often. -- nm - loosi at home Oct 15, 06:23
- I think the least they could have been was a little more proactive than they have been. They knew it was a wildfire in Africa, and presumably they - Loyola Oct 15, 06:16 9
  - i think they probably have done that, but the reality is if you are doing something for the first time, under pressure, there is human error. - Andie Oct 15, 06:19 8
    - My point is, precisely because it's the first time, there would be confusion among healthcare workers about what the proper protocols were, that the - Loyola Oct 15, 06:28 7
      - but you didn't answer my question - what do they do before the CDC shows up? -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 06:31 6
        
        Take guidance from the CDC on what to do before they show up. Has there been that guidance? And if there has been, has it been adequate? - Loyola Oct 15, 06:34 5
        
        protocols exist. -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 06:43 4
        
        They have failed. It's time to draw up better protocols. -- nm - Loyola Oct 15, 06:48 3
        
        *puts you in charge of the CDC task force to figure it out, since obviously you know better than they do* -- nm - znufrii, borderline alcoholic Oct 15, 06:49 1
        
        I don't think I know better at all. But if it walks, talks, and looks like a cock up. - Loyola Oct 15, 06:52
        
        you don't think that they probably have their top people working on it? just running around saying "do better!" doesn't really change things. -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 06:49
- (ha - CDC. Canadian typo) -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 06:11

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