The Centers for Disease Control on Monday issued new guidelines for health care workers caring for patients stricken with Ebola, one week after two workers at a Dallas hospital came down with the deadly virus.
No skin may be exposed when wearing protective gear, and workers are to be repeatedly trained in putting on and taking off the equipment, CDC Director Tom Frieden said at an evening telephone press conference. Hospital workers are to check each other as they come in and go out, and hospital workers will be expected to exhaustively practice getting in and out of the equipment.
This "revamped" plan was put in action to best minimize the spread of ebola virus. We can learn the most about the way disease spreads by looking back at history. Similar to the Black Plague ( hopefully much less lethal) Ebola spread through bodily fluids. If we examine the way the people interacted in the past we can hopefully set up some barriers that stop ebola today.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/10/20/new-hospital-guidelines-for-ebola-patients-call-for-complete-coverup/
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