Costly Mistake: CDC Lab Technician Possibly Exposed to Ebola, Under Watch
By Rhodi Lee
TechTimes.com
December 26, 2014
Laboratories operated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been under fire this year for their lapses in mishandling dangerous potentially lethal pathogens including anthrax and a deadly flu strain.
It appears, however, that CDC’s series of mistakes that posed risks for some of its employees isn’t over for this year. The Atlanta-based agency has yet again revealed on Wednesday that a CDC laboratory technician is currently under observation for possible exposure to Ebola virus, which has so far killed thousands in an unprecedented epidemic in Africa.
Laboratories operated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been under fire this year for their lapses in mishandling dangerous potentially lethal pathogens including anthrax and a deadly flu strain.
It appears, however, that CDC’s series of mistakes that posed risks for some of its employees isn’t over for this year. The Atlanta-based agency has yet again revealed on Wednesday that a CDC laboratory technician is currently under observation for possible exposure to Ebola virus, which has so far killed thousands in an unprecedented epidemic in Africa.
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