Daily Mail:Ebola warning: CDC tells airlines to 'treat all body fluids as infectious'
Sep 21, 2014, 4:11 pm
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Daily Mail:Ebola warning: CDC tells airlines to 'treat all body fluids as infectious'
CDC expects cabin crew to don protective suits and clean airplanes in flight?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-airlines.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-airlines.html
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Sep 21, 2014, 7:55 pm
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Not required. The instructions are the same as for many years for infection control in hosiptals, involving some PPE (gloves, etc.) but more likely procedures to prevent contact and spread. Disinfection also plays a role. This is not just for ebola, but for general infection control under Universal Precautions. All body fluids should be considered potentially infectious.
Sep 30, 2014, 9:11 pm
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Oct 4, 2014, 1:33 am
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http://mobile.wnd.com/2014/10/ebolas...ty-downplayed/
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/12/he...bola-airborne/
http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/..._of_ebola.html
http://scgnews.com/ebola-what-youre-not-being-told
Now all of this could be scaremongering at its finest. It'll be interesting to see what the real truth is here.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/12/he...bola-airborne/
http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/..._of_ebola.html
http://scgnews.com/ebola-what-youre-not-being-told
Now all of this could be scaremongering at its finest. It'll be interesting to see what the real truth is here.
Oct 9, 2014, 9:51 am
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Oct 9, 2014, 7:51 pm
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universal precautions. The people who cleans the planes. were striking today at a NY airport requesting they have barrier methods to protect them when cleanng the planes. I believe they may want Hazmat suits when cleaning. I don't blame them.
Oct 9, 2014, 9:51 pm
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Should they have decent gloves? Absolutely. Not for Ebola. As it currently stands, they are more likely to get hit by a car crossing the street. They should have protection from far more prosaic infections like the flu.
