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Only 6 Percent of U.S. Hospitals Are Equipped to Handle Ebola
by Laura Tedesco, October, 2014
Don’t let the hazmat suit fool you. Most U.S. hospitals are not totally prepared to take on Ebola patients.
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital ∈Dallas has come under fire for failing to properly handle the first Ebola case to arrive inside the United States. To confirm that sad matter, a new survey made by the Association for Professionals ∈Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) suggests that the majority of U.S. hospitals are similarly ill-prepared to receive Ebola patients.
From Oct. 10 to Oct. 15, APIC asked 1,039 infection prevention personnel at U.S. hospitals this question: How prepared is your facility to receive a patient with the Ebola virus? Only 6 percent thought their hospital was well-equipped to tackle such a case, even though 81 percent had initiated Ebola training for their staff. Five percent said their facility was not prepared at all.
A big part of the problem: a shortage of staff focused on warding off infection. Among the hospitals surveyed, 51 percent had just one infection prevention expert on staff or none at all. Forty-two percent had only two to five infection preventionists.
(Available at: https://www.yahoo.com/health/only-6-percent-of-u-s-hospitals-are-equipped-to-handle-101105027082.html)
Glossary: Hazmat: material contagioso.
Survey: pesquisa (de opinião ou levantamento).
Tackle: lidar, combater.
Ward off: isolar.
From Oct. 10 to Oct. 15, APIC asked 1,039 infection prevention personnel at U.S. hospitals this question: How prepared is your facility to receive a patient with the Ebola virus? Only 6 percent thought their hospital was well-equipped to tackle such a case, even though 81 percent had initiated Ebola training for their staff. Five percent said their facility was not prepared at all.
A big part of the problem: a shortage of staff focused on warding off infection. Among the hospitals surveyed, 51 percent had just one infection prevention expert on staff or none at all. Forty-two percent had only two to five infection preventionists.
(Available at: https://www.yahoo.com/health/only-6-percent-of-u-s-hospitals-are-equipped-to-handle-101105027082.html)
Glossary: Hazmat: material contagioso.
Survey: pesquisa (de opinião ou levantamento).
Tackle: lidar, combater.
Ward off: isolar.
Glossary: Hazmat: material contagioso.
Survey: pesquisa (de opinião ou levantamento).
Tackle: lidar, combater.
Ward off: isolar.
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