…”It is Now Officially An Outbreak”…
THIS IS BREAKING NEWS – Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital is confirming another healthcare worker has now been diagnosed with Ebola as a result of their exposure to Patient Zero.
Two patients sickened as a result of one source of origination is the technical threshold for the term “outbreak“.
This second confirmed healthcare worker is being discussed as another nurse who was caring for the Liberian patient Thomas Duncan, patient zero. The second worker reported a temperature on Tuesday, was tested, and the test result came back as positive for the deadly virus – The worker was immediately isolated.
This comes as THE LARGEST US nurses’ union alleges that nurses at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, were not given proper protection or guidance in treating Ebola patient Thomas Duncan, while the condition of infected nurse Nina Pham, is upgraded to good. (link)
Second Texas Health Worker Tests Positive For Ebola http://t.co/iGrLzOZflf
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) October 15, 2014
Breaking: 2nd health care worker has tested positive for Ebola. They were immediately isolated on Tuesday at Presbyterian Hospital
— CBS News Texas (@CBSNewsTexas) October 15, 2014
1 day after CDC acknowledges its lapses in Texas #Ebola case, a SECOND health care worker tests positive. http://t.co/nxxLwNJIko
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) October 15, 2014
Statement from Texas Health Department:
Second Health Care Worker Tests Positive for Ebola
A second health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States has tested positive for the disease.
The health care worker reported a fever Tuesday and was immediately isolated at the hospital.
Health officials have interviewed the latest patient to quickly identify any contacts or potential exposures, and those people will be monitored. The type of monitoring depends on the nature of their interactions and the potential they were exposed to the virus.
The Texas Department of State Health Services also continues to monitor people who came into contact with the first two Ebola patients diagnosed in the state. The first was a man who had recently arrived in the U.S. from Liberia, where there is an ongoing Ebola outbreak. The second was another health care worker who provided care for the initial patient while he was in the hospital. (link)