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In response to "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." by Andie

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

Posted by Loyola Oct 15 '14, 06:28

CDC would have an emergency response team ready to swoop in and take over the handling of the patient, in an effort to minimise what's happened now with these two nurses.
It's been a preventable situation and I would shy away from blaming the nurses, or indeed the hospitals, for not being properly prepared. They're not properly prepared because the CDC didn't prepare them as well as they could have.

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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

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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

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