CDC head says more health care workers could have Ebola, despite claiming ‘any hospital’ can handle virus
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October 13, 2014
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Monday that other U.S. hospital workers may have Ebola after a Dallas nurse tested positive for the virus, as he vowed to “double down” on training for health care workers — raising questions about whether he told the truth when he initially assured the public and Congress that U.S. hospitals are capable of treating Ebola patients.
Thomas Frieden, at a press briefing on Monday, said the CDC would be taking a number of steps including offering more training and outreach throughout the health care system. He said they need to “rethink” their approach to the virus.
“I feel awful that a health care worker became infected in the care of an Ebola patient,” Frieden said.
But he urged the public to brace for more bad news.
“We need to consider the possibility that there could be additional cases, particularly among the health care workers who cared for” Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, he said, adding: “We’re concerned that there could be other infections in the coming days.”
Frieden also voiced regret for initially describing the latest infection as a “protocol breach,” which some interpreted as blaming the nurse. “I’m sorry if that was the impression given. That was certainly not my intention,” he said.
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