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Showing Original Post only (View all)Who To Blame When You Get Ebola: A CDC Guide For Healthcare Workers [View all]
http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/2014/10/Ebola-CDC-Flowchart-Blames-Nurses.htmlAtlanta, GA -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new flowchart guidelines Monday to help healthcare workers understand who they could blame once they contract Ebola in the hospital setting. The new recommendations follow declarations by Dr Thomas Frieden, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that nurse Nina Pham in a Dallas, Texas hospital contracted Ebola due to 'protocol breach' while caring for the now deceased Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan.
Nurses are used to getting blamed for everything. In fact, most nursing programs teach nurses how to take one for the team when bad things happen. Getting blamed for spreading Ebola is naturally accepted by most nurses as business as usual.
"After speaking with representatives from the American Nurses Association, everyone agreed blaming nurses for spreading Ebola was just the easiest thing to do," said Jason Fenster, a CDC spokesman who blamed his nurse last year for undercooked eggs while hospitalized for an undisclosed infection contracted at a CDC laboratory.
Following the release of these CDC guidelines, officials at the Dallas, Texas hospital confirmed they are probably going to blame three or four nurses for spreading Ebola while taking care of Mr. Duncan, including one on maternity leave for the last six weeks.
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Nurses are used to getting blamed for everything. In fact, most nursing programs teach nurses how to take one for the team when bad things happen. Getting blamed for spreading Ebola is naturally accepted by most nurses as business as usual.
"After speaking with representatives from the American Nurses Association, everyone agreed blaming nurses for spreading Ebola was just the easiest thing to do," said Jason Fenster, a CDC spokesman who blamed his nurse last year for undercooked eggs while hospitalized for an undisclosed infection contracted at a CDC laboratory.
Following the release of these CDC guidelines, officials at the Dallas, Texas hospital confirmed they are probably going to blame three or four nurses for spreading Ebola while taking care of Mr. Duncan, including one on maternity leave for the last six weeks.
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Who To Blame When You Get Ebola: A CDC Guide For Healthcare Workers [View all]
Fumesucker
Oct 2014
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Duncan's relatives insist he had no idea he was infected with Ebola. (The woman he helped was in the
KingCharlemagne
Oct 2014
#18
I read an article where his nephew claimed Duncan denied even helping the pregnant woman.
LisaL
Oct 2014
#19
56 healthcare workers, mostly nurses, contracted HIV from caregiving duties in the US
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2014
#6
There is no 'patient one' known in either case. No one even knows how many died from HIV related
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2014
#23
I did not say the nurses are the problem. And it is not right of you to suggest that I did.
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2014
#14
Bashing the CDC plays into the GOP and Koch brothers' anti government agenda.
greatlaurel
Oct 2014
#12
CDC's incompetence plays into the GOP and Koch brothers' anti government agenda.
Crunchy Frog
Oct 2014
#22