MissyWrite

MissyWrite

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  1. URGENT: Are CDC Ebola Guidelines 'Good Enough'?

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If you can't download the PDF, this is basically what they do at Nebraska, when doffing PPE after Ebola care: Clean outer pair of gloves with bleach wipes. Remove tape (used to seal gloves to gown...

  2. URGENT: Are CDC Ebola Guidelines 'Good Enough'?

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I just found University of Nebraska Medical Center's procedures for donning and doffing. Click on the link, and then download the PDfs: HEROES - Healthcare and Emergency Responder Organization...

  3. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    MissyWrite replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The CDC has now admits their PPE guidelines were too lax. Finally! They have issued new guidelines 'based' on those used by MSF, but still not as stringent. To see photos of old vs new, and read more...

  4. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    MissyWrite replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The biggest risk of contracting Ebola is during the removal of PPE (when your PPE is sufficient to begin with, otherwise the risk is just as great during patient care). In addition, proper PPE takes...

  5. *rolling my eyes*

    MissyWrite replied to OhioCCRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The CDC appears to be the one ignorant of infection control. Yesterday, they admitted their guidelines for healthcare workers were too lax. FINALLY! But I think they still fall short. Sean G....

  6. URGENT: Are CDC Ebola Guidelines 'Good Enough'?

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Lax U.S. Guidelines on Ebola Led to Poor Hospital Training, Experts Say Many American hospitals have improperly trained their staffs to deal with Ebola patients because they were following federal...

  7. URGENT: Are CDC Ebola Guidelines 'Good Enough'?

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Sorry about the huge image! If you scroll to the right, you will see a pic of the new PPE recommended by the

  8. URGENT: Are CDC Ebola Guidelines 'Good Enough'?

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The CDC has finally admitted they got it all wrong. Obviously. And this agency is supposed to be protecting our health? What were they thinking? Lax U.S. Guidelines on Ebola Led to Poor Hospital...

  9. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    MissyWrite replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I agree. This post questions if the CDC guidelines, when followed, are even good enough:

  10. *rolling my eyes*

    MissyWrite replied to OhioCCRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    No, it can't, because they didn't even have the proper PPE or the proper protocols. They wore regular isolation gowns, and their heads and necks were uncovered. When they complained, they were told to...

  11. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    MissyWrite replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The thing that defines this whole crisis is "Too little too

  12. *rolling my eyes*

    MissyWrite replied to OhioCCRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Never underestimate the power of

  13. Is it fair for the media to blame the RN in Texas for contracting Ebola?

    MissyWrite replied to luv2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, there was something wrong with the protocol ~ For the first few days, the nurses took care of Mr. Duncan using everyday universal precautions garb. Yellow gowns that weren't waterproof. Their...

  14. Is it fair for the media to blame the RN in Texas for contracting Ebola?

    MissyWrite replied to luv2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We've seen the wrong way to handle Ebola, in Texas. Nurses with their heads and necks uncovered, wearing flimsy gowns, etc. and now two of them infected. Here's how the nurses at Emory protect...

  15. *rolling my eyes*

    MissyWrite replied to OhioCCRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's obviously a system failure. And we know that for sure now, after hearing nurse's reports of the working conditions and lack of appropriate PPE. To blame the infected individuals does nothing to...

  16. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    MissyWrite replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Exactly! And why should we be expected

  17. *rolling my eyes*

    MissyWrite replied to OhioCCRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Good point! And how could this nurse (or the new one diagnosed today, and whom they are blaming as well) have broken protocol when there WAS no protocol? The report on the conditions they had to...

  18. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    MissyWrite replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Excellent video of nurses at Emory and how they protect themselves from Ebola: Nurses show how they prepare to treat Ebola

  19. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    MissyWrite replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm expecting his resignation, too. And if he doesn't resign, he needs to be fired. What an ineffective and incompetent nitwit. Here are some of the measures taken at Emory and Nebraska to contain...

  20. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    MissyWrite replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    3fins, I agree with you. I too would be walking the other way, guiltless. They should have let the negligent administrators provide the care. I wonder how many more nurses (and possibly other staff)...

  21. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    MissyWrite replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Nurses from the hospital in Dallas have come forward to report on the deplorable conditions they had to work under while caring for Mr. Duncan. "Nurses were forced to use medical tape to secure...