Hospitals
Nurses Blast Hospitals Over Ebola Safety
A national nurses union said during a hastily-scheduled press conference Tuesday evening that hospitals are dropping the ball on safety for nurses caring for Ebola patients. RoseAnn DeMoro, director of National Nurses United, which has been critical of hospitals’ response to the Ebola crisis, said safety protocols recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have not been followed by the Dallas hospital where Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, died last week. “Our nurses are not protected, they’re not prepared to handle Ebola or any other pandemics,” DeMoro said.
Only These 4 Hospitals Are Truly Equipped To Treat Ebola
There’s a lot of head scratching going on about what the healthcare worker that contracted Ebola from Patient Zero in Dallas did wrong. Did she take off the protective gear improperly? Did the gear touch something?
Most U.S. Hospitals Cannot Safely Handle Ebola Patients
This Ebola outbreak is being called the “most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times”, and the U.S. health care system is completely and totally unprepared for it.
