The CDC will now revise Ebola protocol, Pentagon preps team

Culled from Yahoo News: 
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Revised guidance for health care workers treating Ebola patients will include using protective gear "with no skin showing," a top federal health official said Sunday, and the Pentagon announced it was forming a team to assist medical staff in the U.S., if needed.


Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said those caring for an Ebola patient in Dallas were vulnerable because some of their skin was exposed.

Judge Clay Jenkins, the chief executive of Dallas County, called the 75 health workers who cared for Duncan "hometown health care heroes," and said they had signed agreements with the state's public health commissioner to stay off public transportation.

He said if any other health workers test positive for Ebola, a plan is in place that includes the following protocols:

—All intake will be done at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.

—Ambulances have been instructed to bring anyone with a history of West Africa travel and a fever to that hospital.

—Those found to be infected will be transferred by air ambulance to one of three national health centers set up to handle very risky germs, or by ground ambulance to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, which has the capability of disposing of the "copious waste" that Ebola cases generate.

—If a large number of cases surface, a triage unit at another, undisclosed location will be set up in the next 24 hours, with isolation units.

Fauci appeared on ABC's "This Week," NBC's "Meet the Press," ''Fox News Sunday," CNN's "State of the Union" and CBS' "Face the Nation." Jenkins was on ABC.

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