Ebola Virus in the United States The Kaiser Health news reported the first Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) case in the United States, which was missed by the health official (2014). The EVD is a contagious and infectious virus, and is spread only via close contact with bodily fluids (sweat, blood, saliva, urine, vomit and mucus) of an infected and symptomatic person. Symptoms of EVD include; a fever, severe headache, muscle pain, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, and unexplained bleeding or bruising (Sarwar , Sitar & Ledgerwood, 2010). This deadly disease has now made its presence known in the United States, and no one knows the time of its exit. This happened just because of a missed diagnosis and miscommunication. The coverage of EVD in the media
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The risk of continued and uncontrollable spread of the virus in certain parts of the world will require continued laborious efforts of healthcare managers which may be expensive. Even with all precautions in place, there is every possibility that healthcare personnel can be infected. Hence, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has laid down some rules that will be followed. The healthcare managers will be at the helm of affairs; monitoring, managing, and training visitors. They will establish procedures for the monitoring and management. In the course of all these, they are at a huge risk of contracting this deadly virus. This is because, it has been said, even though, not confirmed that, this could last for months or years. All that can be deduced from this is that caution should be applied, even when the opportunity to be at the top of the managing …show more content…
Even though Thomas Eric Duncan was an unfortunate victim of uneducated system, plans will be put in place and it will be strictly followed. The healthcare manager will make accessible and available, all appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), including other infection control supplies to all healthcare personnel (HCP). They will also make sure that the facility infection control policies for consistency with the CDC are reviewed. Also to be reviewed are the cleaning procedures and provision of education/ refresher training for cleaning staff. Education and refresher training for HCP on EVD signs, symptoms and diagnosis will be given, including how to obtain specimens for testing, the appropriate PPE use (putting on and taking off PPE), triage procedures (patients placement), HCP sick leave policies, how and to whom EVD cases should be reported, and procedures to be followed after unprotected exposures to suspected EVD patients at the facility. The triage procedures will also be reviewed, and relevant questions (exposure to EVD carrier, travel within last 21 days from affected countries etc) should be asked during the triage process. The procedures for appropriate specimen collection, transport and testing of specimens from suspected patients should also be
The risk of continued and uncontrollable spread of the virus in certain parts of the world will require continued laborious efforts of healthcare managers which may be expensive. Even with all precautions in place, there is every possibility that healthcare personnel can be infected. Hence, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has laid down some rules that will be followed. The healthcare managers will be at the helm of affairs; monitoring, managing, and training visitors. They will establish procedures for the monitoring and management. In the course of all these, they are at a huge risk of contracting this deadly virus. This is because, it has been said, even though, not confirmed that, this could last for months or years. All that can be deduced from this is that caution should be applied, even when the opportunity to be at the top of the managing …show more content…
Even though Thomas Eric Duncan was an unfortunate victim of uneducated system, plans will be put in place and it will be strictly followed. The healthcare manager will make accessible and available, all appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), including other infection control supplies to all healthcare personnel (HCP). They will also make sure that the facility infection control policies for consistency with the CDC are reviewed. Also to be reviewed are the cleaning procedures and provision of education/ refresher training for cleaning staff. Education and refresher training for HCP on EVD signs, symptoms and diagnosis will be given, including how to obtain specimens for testing, the appropriate PPE use (putting on and taking off PPE), triage procedures (patients placement), HCP sick leave policies, how and to whom EVD cases should be reported, and procedures to be followed after unprotected exposures to suspected EVD patients at the facility. The triage procedures will also be reviewed, and relevant questions (exposure to EVD carrier, travel within last 21 days from affected countries etc) should be asked during the triage process. The procedures for appropriate specimen collection, transport and testing of specimens from suspected patients should also be