Ebola patient is on dialysis

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Specializes in Nephrology, Dialysis, Plasmapheresis.

Dallas Ebola patient on ventilator and receiving kidney dialysis

Just released today that the ebola patient in Dallas in now on the ventilator and receiving dialysis. How would you guys feel about doing this treatment or setting up the CRRT?

Honestly, I would be very nervous about it, but I would do what I had to do. I'm not sure if I would want to be around my family after that. Thank you to all the doctors, nurses, techs, and hospital workers in Dallas for your devotion!

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Do we need a level 4 biohazard suit or not? There doesn't seem to be a reliable source of information on what is needed to protect yourself. The nurse in Spain did everything right and still became infected.

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He has since died.

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Now they're blaming the Dallas nurse for a "breach of protocol" for contracting the virus after caring for patient zero. This make me mad as hell because I frequently encounter gloves that tear, gowns that tear, and red medical waste bags that are so thin they rip if any pressure is put on them. Hospitals are not prepared for this and now I see we are going to be blamed for not having adequate protection. The only breach in protocol came from the very top when the countries that this virus inhabits were not placed in quarantine.

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He has since died.

Who is "He"?

just checked, neither the nurse in Tx or Spain are dead. Nurse in Texas listed as stable at this time.

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I think they were referring to Mr. Duncan.

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Who is "He"?

just checked, neither the nurse in Tx or Spain are dead. Nurse in Texas listed as stable at this time.

the patient that was on dialysis

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If the patient's sweat is even contagious, how the heck do we keep our equipment free from contamination? I wouldn't even want to be another patient in that hospital who was on dialysis, because you would be using the same machine. I suppose we would just scrub the machine with bleach, but still, how can we contain the infectious material? The sicker they get the worse it is? I read that the deceased patient's body is more contagious then when they were alive. Are we keeping that patient's ICU bed for another patient? Or that ventilator? I have so many questions and I am not gonna lie, I am scared! I know we are not in immediate danger, but it is possible in the future.

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I think they were referring to Mr. Duncan.

Yes. I figured that out only after clicking on the week old link. Posts were ambiguous

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I think we are going to have to rethink how we disinfect dialysis machines. Current practice is the nurse or tech manualy wiping down the machine with bleach or hydrogen peroxide. Internal cleaning consists of bleach rinsing and heat. Very easy to miss a spot. I like the idea of UV disinfection.

UV Disinfection System |

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Being a dialysis nurse at a Level 1 hospital in My city. I had the same conversation with my co workers. I just told them, sorry but I woud not be doing the treatment, my children having a mother is far more important. Now it's a second nurse with Ebola in the same hospital, there infection control protocol is flawed

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I've seen it reported that Mr. Duncan was on dialysis and that being particularly risky for transmission. Why? Is it because the circuit is blood filled and therefore there's more chance of conamination?

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